Culture Secretary criticises BBC over lack of consistency

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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said she is confident the BBC is “gripping” serious allegations, including claims of systemic bias and the alleged doctoring of a Panorama clip involving President Donald Trump. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00A number of allegations, not just about the potential doctoring of a clip about President Trump in a Panorama documentary,

00:10but also a number of assertions about systemic bias within the BBC that are being investigated

00:17and will be reported onto the Select Committee by the leadership of the BBC next week.

00:23I'm confident that they are gripping this, but I do think there is an ongoing challenge at the BBC.

00:29If you look at many of the issues that have come up over the last year, including the decision to continue broadcasting Glastonbury,

00:39including the Gaza documentary, which ended up having to be pulled,

00:43what unites these is a lack of consistent and clear editorial standards and guidelines that are applied consistently across the board.

00:54That's a conversation that I had with the BBC chairman next week and I'll be having further conversations with him in the days to come.

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