09-03-2023, 01:35 PM
(09-03-2023, 01:30 PM)Newshound47 Wrote:(09-03-2023, 01:27 PM)matthieu1221 Wrote: (Responding to the first point)At the lower levels of the Civil Service you allowed to be openly political (Political Party membership for example) just not allowed to criticise stuff that might come under your work.
The wider question is why non-News staff need to be covered by those impartiality rules. It's not like he's going to be hosting a debate on the politics of the day anytime soon. Same with anyone else working in Sports or anything else non-News related.
The license fee part arguably is irrelevant. The BBC isn't the civil service. It's not like it in itself is working on implementing government policies in a way that civil servants should refrain from openly criticizing it.
You managed to word it better than I did!
The same should apply at the BBC. If you're not involved with covering the news and current affairs, you shouldn't need to be covered by the impartiality rules.
If you're in Sports, arguably you shouldn't break impartiality rules there neither with regards to sports news.