Previous BBC Advisers Face MPs' Inquiry After Assertions of Prejudice in Leaked Memo
We start with inquiries from Conservative lawmaker the panel's head, that leads the group.
She initiates by providing background to the unauthorized document prepared by Michael Prescott and printed in the Telegraph.
"It is not my wish for the BBC tilting this way or that way, I just want it straight, impartial and equitable," he declares.
In response to a query if he considers the BBC is structurally prejudiced, he replies: "No I don't. Let's be clear, a great deal the British Broadcasting Corporation creates is top-tier - both informative and non-factual content."
Nevertheless, he states: "There exists substantial tasks that needs to be done at the BBC."
The second previous consultant British Broadcasting Corporation adviser questioned by the committee, Caroline Daniel, says she views the British Broadcasting Corporation extremely earnestly and that it operates a "ongoing system and active debate" on dynamic and complex issues.
"Did the BBC ready to conduct a proper dialogue and exchange and take action?" she questions. "In my view, affirmative, they were."
