Ex- BBC Advisers Participate in MPs' Inquiry After Claims of Partiality in Disclosed Memo
We begin with questions from Conservative lawmaker Caroline Dinenage, who leads the committee.
She opens by giving background to the disclosed document written by Michael Prescott and published in a daily publication.
"I don't want the BBC tilting this way or that way, My only wish is for it neutral, fair and just," he says.
Upon being questioned whether he considers the BBC is institutionally biased, he replies: "Absolutely not. To be clear, a great deal the BBC does is world class - both factual and non-factual programming."
Nevertheless, he states: "There exists real work that needs to be done at the BBC."
Another previous consultant BBC specialist examined by the committee, Caroline Daniel, says she regards the BBC extremely earnestly and that it maintains a "persistent practice and active debate" across evolving and intricate issues.
"Did the BBC prepared to conduct a genuine dialogue and argument and take action?" she reflects. "In my view, yes they were."
