The BBC’s Director General Tim Davie and other senior bosses at the corporation have drawn up plans to win over voters of Reform UK, due to a belief that their news and drama output is creating “low trust issues” with supporters of Nigel Farage’s party.
Minutes of a meeting of the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee in March, seen by Byline Times, show that BBC News CEO Deborah Turness gave a presentation in which she discussed plans to alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama” in order to win the trust of Reform voters.
The committee also identified “the importance of local BBC teams” to their plan to win over supporters of Farage.
Members of the committee, which includes former GB News executive Robbie Gibb, discussed the presentation and agreed to give an “update on progress” towards their aim at a later date.
The BBC is no longer, and to be frank, hasn’t been for a while, following the goals of Inform, educate and entertain.
It’s placate , platform and promote.
This feels like an attempt to justify their already pro-reform stance.
