We have borrowed the future from our children - what legacy will we leave them if we are not accurately informed to rationally choose a safe & sustainable way forward?
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Open to a brighter future ?
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the BBC covered
issues that concern you, accurately,
impartially & with-
out misleading spin?
issues that concern you, accurately,
impartially & with-
out misleading spin?
In that case you and "we" i.e. the other causes standing for self evident truths whitewashed by the BBC, would have a more just arena in which to state our case. If we can be "Together for the Charter", while diverse in opinion and commitment to our particular concern, we shall all benefit.
This is not a call to create another campaign - nor to add another committee meeting to busy diaries. This is a call to sharpen our individual lobbies on parliament by uniting in common demands that offer the best opportunity for transforming the BBC into what it promises - a bastion of honest reporting and professional integrity where the "heart of decision making" lies in the hands of licence holders.
This is not a call to create another campaign - nor to add another committee meeting to busy diaries. This is a call to sharpen our individual lobbies on parliament by uniting in common demands that offer the best opportunity for transforming the BBC into what it promises - a bastion of honest reporting and professional integrity where the "heart of decision making" lies in the hands of licence holders.
We know that broadcasting is a powerful tool in shaping our perception of reality and that our British Broadcasting Corporation is a dominant and widely respected institution. From personal experience, many of you reading this will know that on crucial issues the BBC disseminates sophisticated disinformation which misdirect the trusting viewer on to diversionary byways.
Many listeners and viewers discover that the complaints procedure, on key issues, is a Kafkaesque stonewall. The BBC is empowered by the Royal Charter but accountable only to itself unless Downing Street or Royalty are slighted. It would appear that BBC directors and the Trust are serving their private agendas rather than licence payers' rights.
The Charter responsibilities have been ignored by the BBC. The political committee responsible for Parliamentary oversight is composed of time-serving "yes men" who will not "rock the boat".
Diverse parties dedicated to making the BBC comply with the Charter must have an influential role in public consultation programmes on transforming the Corporation. The BBC sought similar answers in its 2007 "Audience Engagement Protocol" consultation but by setting the agenda and the questions, it could steer the research in its desired direction. Nevertheless, valuable insights were gleaned from this process. [More]
It falls to those who are aware of the power of corrupt media to shape history, to point to a way that offers the best opportunity of maintaining a British broadcasting service that is accountable to public forces independent of government and monarchy.
To be most effective we must work together for the Charter through common demands for effective stewardship that might best represent the diversity of opinion in multi-cultural British society. When those demands come from the licence holders "at the heart of decision-making in the future" (quoting the BBC Trust's 2007 "Audience Engagement" document ) we shall be in a stronger position from which to argue our case.
It falls to those who are aware of the power of corrupt media to shape history, to point to a way that offers the best opportunity of maintaining a British broadcasting service that is accountable to public forces independent of government and monarchy.
To be most effective we must work together for the Charter through common demands for effective stewardship that might best represent the diversity of opinion in multi-cultural British society. When those demands come from the licence holders "at the heart of decision-making in the future" (quoting the BBC Trust's 2007 "Audience Engagement" document ) we shall be in a stronger position from which to argue our case.
Editors Note:
This initiative is to express my dissent regarding the flagrant violation of Charter obligations and to seek to work in parallel with others so inclined. It promotes the notion of "collective intelligence" and is itself a product of many minds.
I have to trust in the innate protective skills of our species to recognise the dangers to the majority without accurate knowledge of our world and ourselves. The BBC is a pivotal educator and evidence shows it is not reporting the truth about many aspects of our world.
I hope the roll call of witnesses aligned here, attesting to this uncomfortable truth about the BBC, will encourage readers to explore the brief outline of the Wisdom of Crowds and the Charter Declarations encompassing those ideas.
The uncomfortable truth being that the"people's broadcasting institution" - which is supposed to protect the people from political abuse - is in fact a major part of that abuse.
When the pathfinders for truth and justice find common ground we shall have real opportunity of reaching the tipping point when large numbers of the public demand a transformation in the structures of power that currently dominate the BBC.
I have to trust in the innate protective skills of our species to recognise the dangers to the majority without accurate knowledge of our world and ourselves. The BBC is a pivotal educator and evidence shows it is not reporting the truth about many aspects of our world.
I hope the roll call of witnesses aligned here, attesting to this uncomfortable truth about the BBC, will encourage readers to explore the brief outline of the Wisdom of Crowds and the Charter Declarations encompassing those ideas.
The uncomfortable truth being that the"people's broadcasting institution" - which is supposed to protect the people from political abuse - is in fact a major part of that abuse.
When the pathfinders for truth and justice find common ground we shall have real opportunity of reaching the tipping point when large numbers of the public demand a transformation in the structures of power that currently dominate the BBC.
John Yates
