23-02-2022, 04:32 PM
Some are now attributing her decision to an instance on the 1st Feb where she was clearly asked (or told) to remove a retweet where a Tory MP criticised the Culture Secretary for her defence of Boris Johnson and did so in a way in which she highlighted the tweet she was being asked to remove.
https://twitter.com/maitlis/status/1488512467667980294
An example really of the BBC confusing "impartiality" with absolutely no criticism of the government, especially had she simply retweeted statements from the government, even if proven to be untrue, it's unlikely she'd have faced such censorship. I think there is a clear feeling amongst some of the BBC's most experienced journalists that they're not allowed to report and comment as freely as they once were.
https://twitter.com/maitlis/status/1488512467667980294
An example really of the BBC confusing "impartiality" with absolutely no criticism of the government, especially had she simply retweeted statements from the government, even if proven to be untrue, it's unlikely she'd have faced such censorship. I think there is a clear feeling amongst some of the BBC's most experienced journalists that they're not allowed to report and comment as freely as they once were.
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