I like this video, not only for what it says about Pete Buttigieg and presidential candidates in a more general sense, but because this is what free speech sounds like. Yet as we know too well, there are those who would lapse into incoherent hysteria if the BBC dared to present views such as those on this video. Because this is what free speech sounds like.
To take an easy example - consider the implacable determination of the BBC to present climate change from a single perspective.
BBC Studios’ award winning Science Unit announces a brand new series with Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg at Showcase 2020 event.
The series will follow Greta’s international crusade, which takes her to the front line of climate change in some of the most extraordinary places on earth, as she explores what actions could be taken to limit climate change and the damage it causes.
Is the BBC interested in free speech? Hardly worth asking the question.
2 comments:
What makes that guy an excellent presenter is that he speaks unpalatable truths without losing his equilibrium, or good humour. It's easy to be so rattled by the current situation that one comes across as right wing and unhinged, but he had an air of reasonableness and common sense. If you knew nothing of the BBC except its stated aims, you might think it would employ a lot of people like him.
Another thought. If Greta is going to be filmed at "the front line", how is she getting there?
Sam - he is an excellent presenter and I suspect there are more like him. You are right, it is easy to be rattled by the current situation and that is something the BBC ought to rectify but if anything the Beeb encourages it.
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