Former BBC Consultants Participate in Parliamentary Grilling In the Wake of Assertions of Partiality in Unauthorized Memo
We start with queries from Conservative MP the panel's head, who chairs the group.
She commences by providing context to the leaked document prepared by Michael Prescott and published in a national newspaper.
"I do not desire the BBC slanting in any particular direction, I just want it straight, fair and just," he says.
In response to a query whether he considers the BBC is systematically partial, he responds: "No I don't. Let's be clear, numerous aspects the British Broadcasting Corporation produces is exceptional - including documentary and non-factual programming."
However, he continues: "There is real work that requires attention at the British Broadcasting Corporation."
The second previous consultant BBC specialist examined by the group, Caroline Daniel, remarks she takes the British Broadcasting Corporation very seriously and that it has a "ongoing system and active debate" on fluid and multifaceted topics.
"Whether the BBC was prepared to conduct a genuine discussion and argument and implement changes?" she questions. "In my view, affirmative, they were."
