BBC picketed by anti-BNP protesters.Summary: Protesters have picketed BBC Television Centre BBC Television Centre (sometimes abbreviated TVC or TC ahead of BNP BNP B-type natriuretic peptide, brain natriuretic peptide Physiology A 32-residue peptide hormone produced predominantly in the ventricles, secreted in response to fluid overload–eg, CHF. See Atrial natriuretic peptide. leader Nick Griffin's Question Time appearance. Protesters have picketed BBC Television Centre ahead of BNP leader Nick Griffin's Question Time appearance, as the corporation defended its decision to invite him on the show. Director-general Mark Thompson This article is about the Director-General of the BBC. For other individuals with the same name, see Mark Thompson (disambiguation) Mark Thompson (born July 31 1957) is Director-General of the BBC, a post he has held since 2004, and a former chief executive of Channel 4. challenged the Government to ban the British National Party
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said it was a matter for TV bosses and that he did not want to interfere. An appeal by Cabinet minister Peter Hain against Mr Griffin's appearance on the high-profile political programme was thrown out by a special BBC Trust panel. It ruled that it was "a question of editorial judgment" whether it was appropriate for the BNP to be represented on the flagship show and refused to block the move. Mr Thompson issued a strong defence of the decision to invite Mr Griffin on to Question Time, saying "censorship cannot be outsourced to the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. ". Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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