Saturday, 12 September 2015

Beyond reporting


BBC reporters appear to be crossing the line between reporting and advocating policy policies with ever more frequency at the moment. 

Not content with painting a dismal scene of conditions at a migrant site in Hungary on this morning's Today programme, the BBC's Anna Holligan ended with a clear personal opinion:
At the moment the Hungarian government's response seems to be to increase the law and order as opposed to the humanitarian aid - which, just looking around this site, is just what these people need right now.

1 comment:

  1. "Humanitarian". Narrative? What narrative? And this isn't even really coordinated or forced by a memo from Danny Cohen or anything.

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