#DavidAttenborough and his programmes are the jewel in the crown of the BBC. If him speaking truth annoys those in power, good.
The BBC is meant to be a public service broadcaster, not a state broadcaster, an important difference, of which those in charge have lost sight.
RT @Claire_Phipps: The BBC has decided not to broadcast an episode of David Attenborough’s flagship new series on British wildlife because of fears its themes of the destruction of nature would …
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1634243689252831254
On the same day, we have @GaryLineker "stepping back" from @BBCMOTD for daring to challenge the dehumanising and degrading language the Government is using against asylum seekers - not on the BBC, not as a journalist/newscaster, but a sports commentator on his personal twitter.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1634246420650663946
They object to @GaryLineker's likening the language to 1930s Germany, yet silencing those who express disquiet and quashing dissenting voices against those who are trashing our common humanity and global responsibility, they act like propagandists not public servants.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1634248188503662602