MPs question key figures in BBC crisis over bias

[WarriorN]

Key figures in BBC crisis to be questioned by MPs https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jepgyl2jwo

God they’ve triggered me a hot flush

“You can’t boil the ocean”

loving these quotes

Oh here we go with "But Robbie Gibb!" 🙄

Rupa Huq is going for the line: these other troublemakers, they're your mates aren't they?

Jesus

Will you publish communications with your mates?

Ha ha. Rupa punctured.

These useful idiots have no idea they are campaigning for Farage and Reform by trying to sweep this under the carpet. The BBC continuing with its bias is gold for Reform.

(Prescott says he’s not seen Gibb for months )

This is amazing but i'm too old for hot flushes but my heart pressure won't take it

I'm used to the overt partiality of the Women and Equalities Select Committee when questioning witnesses so I'm horrified to see that type of partial questioning from another Select Committee as well. No-one is trying to get to the truth, they just want to snipe and make pointed statements.

They really weren't expecting him to be this capable and eloquent. And unpuncturable (is that a word? It is now!)

How much time have they wasted trying to smear him?

Hahaha, he ended by saying how appreciative he was to have been invited into to discuss the matter in depth and at length and sounded sincere in saying that.

Well, if there’s one thing you can say, it’s that he gave a bloody good performance and was able to defend every idiotic question. 👏

WTAF? I thought this committee was about BBC's reporting impartiality, and these idiots want to make it about the recruitment process?

Completely agree. I think he's come out of it with his integrity intact.

Who is going to buy them both a drink?

That was class. They succeeded with one gotcha, getting the insinuation in the air that there's this trove of documents between him and Gibb discussing him getting the job among other issues, and that Prescott is doing something wrong in not turning it over to the Committee.

There's no evidence is exists at all and Prescott's response along the lines that it's a bloody cheek would seem reasonable.

Also, Rupa, never ask a question you don't know the answer to. Especially when trying to imply an insider job stitch up, when the job was advertised externally and HR were involved in the interviewing process.

Do better research, Rupa.

They seem to think the individuals at the top drive the impartiality.

it’s not, it’s the systematic transparency and self reflection that does it.

exactly the same in safeguarding and in education .

I particularly enjoyed his emphatic responses to the feeble attempts to get him to say he'd leaked the memo 🙄

I found him very persuasive in him saying that.

Absolutely

and who ever did it did the bbc a favour as it’s clear that it was going to be lost behind the water cooler

He seemed like a good egg trying to do a good turn for which he was thoroughly punished.