Press freedom 1 - The BBC

Author: andydougan

Date: June 1, 2004

by andydougan
6-01-04
Mark Thompson, new non-partisan BBC Director-General, and Huw Edwards, BBC newsreader
I see we're scheduled to show Gutted, a documentary exposing the state of the Scottish fishing industry. That could damage government support. Let's postpone it til after the elections.
Why? It's not party political.
No, but if we indulge in...brrr... "public service", Millbank will come down on me like a ton of bricks. Our remit is to be the propaganda arm of the Labour Party, remember?
Er, I'm pretty sure that's not true.
Why are you wearing that stupid outfit, anyway?
To shield me from the smell of David Hill's semen on your breath.