Former British Broadcasting Corporation Specialists Participate in MPs' Questioning After Assertions of Prejudice in Leaked Document
We begin with queries from Conservative MP the committee chair, that oversees the panel.
She initiates by providing context to the unauthorized memo prepared by Michael Prescott and published in a daily publication.
"I do not desire the BBC slanting in any particular direction, I simply desire it neutral, unbiased and just," he says.
In response to a query whether he believes the BBC is institutionally biased, he responds: "No, I do not. To be clear, a great deal the British Broadcasting Corporation does is world class - including documentary and non-factual content."
However, he continues: "There is real work that needs to be done at the BBC."
Another previous consultant British Broadcasting Corporation specialist interviewed by the committee, Caroline Daniel, remarks she views the BBC very seriously and that it has a "ongoing system and lively discussion" across dynamic and complex issues.
"Whether the BBC was ready to engage in a genuine dialogue and argument and act accordingly?" she asks herself. "In my view, affirmative, they were."
