Beeb in charity role axe.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. bosses have forced newsreader A client program that is used to read messages from Internet-based discussion groups (the venerable Usenet) or syndication feeds such as RSS and Atom. Some programs provide a search and organization tool for both newsgroups and feeds as well as local e-mail messages, contacts and other George Alagiah to quit his role as patron of a Third World farmers' charity. Alagiah, presenter of the Six O'Clock News, has held the unpaid post at the Fairtrade Foundation for seven years. But he has been told BBC impartiality rules mean he must resign the position. In the charity's magazine, Alagiah writes: "Senior BBC colleagues believe Fairtrade represents a potential conflict of interest which could undermine my impartiality." The BBC have refused to provide Fairtrade with a formal reason for the move. CAPTION(S): PATRON: George Alagiah |
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