The BBC has come under fire after an “extremely biased” anti-Trump documentary aired on Monday night accusing the President-elect of being a Russian spy.
The BBC’s flagship investigative documentary programme Panorama aired a 30-minute show entitled, “Trump: The Kremlin Candidate?” which purported to investigate Trump’s “strange relationship” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Anti-Trump journalist John Sweeney hosted the show, and explored the so-called “bromance” between the two world leaders.
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Viewers were left outraged after the programme aired, accusing the BBC of trying to smear the President-elect just days ahead of his inauguration on Jan. 20.
Express.co.uk reports:
One furious viewer tweeted: “I don’t like Trump, but this fanatical anti-Russian propaganda is stupid.
“Hillary lost because a lot of people hate her.”
Another said: “Panorama or propaganda? Why do I have to pay for your bulls****?”
Absolute joke of a programme no proof of anything used to be a great programme now just a joke. Fear mongering at its best
— luke odlum (@lukeodlum) January 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/3domrules/status/821096198459260929
According to the corporation’s Editorial Guidelines, the BBC claims impartiality “lies at the heart of public service and is the core of the BBC’s commitment to its audiences”.
But, among the many who had replied to the Panorama tweet: “Starting now on @BBCOne – Trump: The Kremlin candidate?” Not everybody agreed.
Another wrote: “The world is changing, you’ve had your time BBC and the people are seeing through your illiberal bias.”
In the documentary, veteran BBC journalist John Sweeney investigates whether Russianhackers helped Donald Trump into the White House, as has been claimed by multiple US intelligence agencies.
He questioned whether the world would be safe if the “bromance” between the billionaire businessman and Russian president “falls apart”.
Ahead of the programme’s broadcast, Mr Sweeney wrote in a Guardian article: “We see them as butch sweethearts with Putin in the role of Kremlin master to his White House apprentice. That should be enough to make the world – in particular those in Syria and the Ukraine – worried.”
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What a joke, if it were not insulting to the American people, it might be funny. BBC kindly peddle your bunk elsewhere.
Quite obvious he is…
Always be a light that is shininginthedark
BBC = Blairs Bullshit Chanel. The grand english sesspool
” The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.” Albert Einstein
just watched it on youtube… John Sweeney is obviously a power elite globalist stooge.. reminded me of a sixty minutes Australia production.. pure rubbish
Panorama is just asking questions, as it ought to.
Remember,
– Trump lauds Putin & Russia endlessly,
– declares he knows that the US intelligence industry’s reports that Russia hacked the election are false
(even if so, how would Trump know instantly over the biggest intelligence network in the world, and why would he strive to declare this instantly, before research?),
– Trump’s first official national visit to a foreign country’s national leader is to be to Russia and Putin,
– Trump openly called for Russia to hack Clinton during the election,
– Then there are the suppressed spy files – mentioning Russian connections it seems – *independent* *British* files, and not US intelligence or even government intelligence of ally UK, but just intelligence from a private European company with no personal interest except in getting paid for seeking the truth.
Of course Panorama has a duty to just ask questions.
That’s all it’s doing.
Should we not have any journalistic freedom, or freedom of speech and the ability to investigate, to ask questions?
No, Panorama wasn’t claiming to have any answers, but the question is so important, it does of course have a duty to extend just 30 minutes in a year to this simple question.
Just 30 minutes, a short version of Panorama, and it may be the only 30 minutes spent asking these questions in a few years.
(Unless there are developments.)
It’s normal, and we should hope to expect such basic questions are being asked, at least in this quick, summarial way.