BBC cuts Trump criticism after bias row
The BBC has been forced to cut a line from its Reith Lectures calling Donald Trump “the most openly corrupt president in American history”.
Rutger Bregman, a Dutch Left-wing historian and philosopher, was invited to give the BBC lecture at Broadcasting House last month.
But when his speech was broadcast on Radio 4 on Tuesday morning, his description of the US president was edited out following legal advice.
By gum, I bet that lesson took some swallowing by BBC sloths. It's not only the bias, it's a bland refusal to adapt which ought to seal the fate of the BBC.
Bregman previously made an appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2019, berating the attendees for refusing to address “the real issue of tax avoidance by the rich”.
His 2017 book, Utopia for Realists, advocated for open borders and a 15-hour working week.
The BBC has been forced to cut a line from its Reith Lectures calling Donald Trump “the most openly corrupt president in American history”.
Rutger Bregman, a Dutch Left-wing historian and philosopher, was invited to give the BBC lecture at Broadcasting House last month.
But when his speech was broadcast on Radio 4 on Tuesday morning, his description of the US president was edited out following legal advice.
By gum, I bet that lesson took some swallowing by BBC sloths. It's not only the bias, it's a bland refusal to adapt which ought to seal the fate of the BBC.
Bregman previously made an appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2019, berating the attendees for refusing to address “the real issue of tax avoidance by the rich”.
His 2017 book, Utopia for Realists, advocated for open borders and a 15-hour working week.
3 comments:
What!!?? More corrupt than Biden or Clinton?
The idealists never say if open boarders and a 15 hour working week would result in a comfortable life - or, more likely, result in Dickensian slums and ill health.
I wonder why?
“So straightway the brave little feller,
Not showing a morsel of fear,
Took his stick with its 'orse's 'ead 'andle
And pushed it in Wallace's ear.”
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