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BBC staffer admits staff pressured to ‘apologise for being white and middle-class’ as bias disaster deepens

NewsBBC staffer admits staff pressured to ‘apologise for being white and middle-class’ as bias disaster deepens

A former BBC worker says employees felt pressured to "apologise for being white and center class".

The ex-worker, who wished to stay nameless, claimed they’d not labored anyplace else earlier than "the place folks went round apologising a lot for who they have been".

They informed The Telegraph: "Culturally, it additionally grew to become a spot the place you felt you needed to apologise for being white and center class – you felt your privilege very keenly.

"I usually assume that’s a very good factor, we must always all be extra conscious of how good we’ve had it, however there’s a level the place expertise and authority ought to maintain sway, no matter whether or not it’s coming from somebody white and center class."

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GB Information has contacted the braodcaster for remark.

The BBC is going through rising criticism after a leaked memo claimed the company had edited a speech by Donald Trump in an episode of Panorama broadcast the week earlier than final 12 months's US election.

The 19-page leaked report complied by Michael Prescott, former exterior advisor to the BBC’s editorial pointers and requirements committee (EGSC), claimed the broadcaster had spliced clips collectively from sections of the US president’s speech on January 6, 2021, to make it seem he informed supporters he was going to stroll to the US Capitol with them to "struggle like hell".

President Trump has threatened a $1billion [around £759,750,000] legislation go well with in opposition to the company.

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In a letter to the broadcaster, Mr Trump's lawyer, Alejandro Brito, set out numerous calls for together with "a full and honest retraction" of the documentary and "any and all different false, defamatory, disparaging, deceptive, and inflammatory statements about President Trump in as conspicuous a way as they have been initially printed", in addition to an apology and compensation.

A BBC spokesman mentioned: "We are going to overview the letter and reply instantly in the end."

Nigel Farage revealed he spoke to President Trump concerning the BBC on Friday, telling a press convention in London yesterday: "He simply mentioned to me 'is that this the way you deal with your finest ally'.

"Fairly a strong remark isn't it. There was an excessive amount of going for too lengthy."

The Reform UK chief added that the broadcaster had been "institutionally biased for many years".

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