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thomas davison

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To:
thomas davison

15 Jan at 02:55

You�re receiving this email because you signed this petition: �Public inquiry into the bias in the BBC�.

Dear thomas davison,

The Government has responded to the petition you signed � �Public inquiry into the bias in the BBC�.

Government responded:

The BBC has a duty to deliver impartial, accurate news coverage and content under its Charter. Perceived editorial bias at the BBC is a matter for Ofcom as the independent regulator, not government.

Impartiality is a key part of the BBC�s mission set out in the BBC Charter. The BBC�s mission is �to act in the public interest, serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain�.One of the BBC�s public purposes is to ensure that news and current affairs content is impartial, provided to the highest editorial standards, and offers a range and depth of analysis and content not available elsewhere.

It is for the BBC Board, not government, to set editorial standards and ensure the quality and impartiality of all BBC�s content. BBC Editorial Guidelines sets out that impartiality lies at the heart of the BBC�s commitment to audiences. The BBC Director-General is the editor-in-chief with final responsibility for BBC editorial matters of the BBC.

The BBC is independent of government and regulated by Ofcom. It is for Ofcom to hold the BBC to account on a range of areas, including perceived BBC bias. The BBC must comply with the Ofcom Broadcasting Code which contains rules for broadcasters on due impartiality and due accuracy and undue prominence of views and opinions. Ofcom sets the BBC operating licence which contains conditions it considers necessary for requiring the BBC to meet its mission and public purposes.

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Click this link to view the response online:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/234797?reveal_response=yes

The Petitions Committee will take a look at this petition and its response. They can press the government for action and gather evidence. If this petition reaches 100,000 signatures, the Committee will consider it for a debate.

The Committee is made up of 11 MPs, from political parties in government and in opposition. It is entirely independent of the Government. Find out more about the Committee: https://petition.parliament.uk/help#petitions-committee

Thanks,
The Petitions team
UK Government and Parliament

The government it telling us it has nothing to do with the BBC if this is true then why are we paying a license fee for it and even going to prison if this is not done -----------shut the BBC down and sack ALL the biased MPs involved with this letter-------in fact sack all the 650 so called MPs in westminster and start again ----