Re: Yes, no problem, Ed. Please do ....thanks John....short email to the BBC.... Archived Message
Posted by Ed on June 6, 2019, 5:59 pm, in reply to "Yes, no problem, Ed. Please do (nm)"
BBC Complaint Team, I have just read the email exchanges between John Hilley and yourselves, regarding Huw Edwards and his statements about Julian Assange, on News At Ten, 13/5/19. As Mr Hilley points out, in regards to the Julian Assange case, Edwards states: "He’s always denied the charges". What I would like to know is why Edwards makes such a monumentally misleading statement in the first place? Why is it that anyone with even the most cursory knowledge of the case knows for a fact that Assange has never been charged with anything by the Swedish authorities? Are you asking us to believe that Edwards, one of the BBC's most touted and ubiquitous journalists, presenter and newsreader, is not aware of the basic facts of the case? I assume Edwards was given a pre-prepared script for the item so, giving the benefit of the doubt, maybe one of his minions made the mistake but why oh why did he not pick up on it and correct it? Edwards gets paid £520,000/£529,999 a year and yet doesn't even know the basics of the Assange case, one of the most high profile cases of the day? What is he being paid for? Being a competent journalist or for just repeating any old thing that he is told to repeat? There's a name for that! It really is not good enough. I help pay for his ridiculous salary and I deserve my money back, as do millions of others. Finally, I see you have decided to amend online articles which make the same false statement. That is not enough. A correction needs to be made on News At Ten. After all, that is the platform from which Mr Hilley's complaint originates. Edwards himself should make the correction too, along with an apology to Mr Assange and for spreading "fake news". Ed Murray.
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Message Thread:
- Exchange with BBC re News at Ten (13/5/19) - John Hilley June 6, 2019, 9:04 am
- Nicely done....nm - Keith-264 June 6, 2019, 9:15 am
- Re: Exchange with BBC re News at Ten (13/5/19) - Si June 6, 2019, 10:04 am
- Re: Exchange with BBC re News at Ten (13/5/19) - Kenneth June 6, 2019, 10:29 am
- Nice one John....result! (nm) - Ed June 6, 2019, 11:08 am
- John, would you mind me quoting your email exchange in a little follow up email to them? (nm) - Ed June 6, 2019, 11:10 am
- Yes, no problem, Ed. Please do (nm) - John Hilley June 6, 2019, 4:47 pm
- Re: Yes, no problem, Ed. Please do ....thanks John....short email to the BBC.... - Ed June 6, 2019, 5:59 pm
- DITTO: Nice one John....result! (nm) - MikeD June 6, 2019, 11:13 am
- That's one small step for a man ... Thanks John nm - Tomski June 6, 2019, 3:03 pm
- Well done John nm - marknadim June 6, 2019, 4:37 pm
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