To: Lord Patten Chairman of the BBC Trust and Tony Hall the Director General of the BBC.
BBC: Pro-Royal bias
We are calling on you to carry out a review into the impartiality of the BBC's coverage of the Royal Family. We believe that the BBC has been in breach of this duty with its coverage in recent years.
We want the BBC to re-consider its idea of audience expectations when it comes to its coverage of the Royal Family. The BBC has announced a season of programmes to celebrate the Coronation. As a BBC licence payer I would like to see the corporation provide balanced coverage of this and other royal events which portrays the range of views held by the public on the Royal Family and it's place in a modern society.
We want the BBC to re-consider its idea of audience expectations when it comes to its coverage of the Royal Family. The BBC has announced a season of programmes to celebrate the Coronation. As a BBC licence payer I would like to see the corporation provide balanced coverage of this and other royal events which portrays the range of views held by the public on the Royal Family and it's place in a modern society.
Why is this important?
This is important because it reaches into the heart of the modern British nation.
On the one hand there is a publicly funded institution that broadcasts and supports an idea of Britain that many people believe has had its day and on the other hand there is a voice of modern Britain that is being denied its place to be heard.
The role of the BBC is to be impartial and to voice all opinions of the British people and not to project only the 'audience expectations' of the BBC Board of Governors.
I feel the BBC is badly off target when it comes to understanding its role in modern society and I think that only a massive public response will wake it from it's slumber.
On the one hand there is a publicly funded institution that broadcasts and supports an idea of Britain that many people believe has had its day and on the other hand there is a voice of modern Britain that is being denied its place to be heard.
The role of the BBC is to be impartial and to voice all opinions of the British people and not to project only the 'audience expectations' of the BBC Board of Governors.
I feel the BBC is badly off target when it comes to understanding its role in modern society and I think that only a massive public response will wake it from it's slumber.
How it will be delivered
We plan to deliver the petition in person
