The open revolt at the BBC over the Naga Munchetty affair continues. Thursday saw open meetings with BBC staff calling for (1) a formal apology for Naga, (2) more black and ethnic minority people to be included in the Executive Complaints Unit and (3) a review of the role of David Jordan, the BBC's head of editorial standards.
On the latter point, writing in the Sunday Times, Jeremy Clarkson says that throwing David Jordan under the bridge would be a crime, as he's the main "fair cop" at the BBC - one of the few there who never loses sight of the fact that diversity of opinion really matters.
I don't know the man myself but I've heard the same from leading campaigners against BBC bias. Mr Jordan is, in their experience, the sore thumb that stands out from the rest of the BBC's senior management in genuinely listening to criticism from 'people like us' and, occasionally, acting on it.
So if the BBC bubble succeeds in getting rid of him then that would be yet another retrograde step for the licence-fee-paying public.
David Jordan being defended by Jeremy Clarkson and ITBBCB. That's got to be a double kiss of death for the poor man.
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