Report on BBC's anti-Israel bias will stay secret

[oberliner]

The BBC has won its legal battle to block the publication of a report into alleged bias in its reporting of Middle East affairs.

A ruling obtained under freedom of information legislation had obliged the corporation to make the internal audit public.

But that decision was overturned by the High Court.

The BBC's decision to spend an estimated £200,000 of licence feepayers' money to keep the Balen Report secret has been widely condemned.

The corporation was accused of hypocrisy because it has regularly used freedom of information legislation to break news stories.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23394216-details/Report%20on%20BBC's%20anti-Israel%20bias%20will%20stay%20secret/article.do

[pelsar]

1. am i to assume..

that the "progressive community" would find this action by the BBC as at least hypocritical? I know the "liberal community does"

[Igel]

2. Maybe a leaker will come along.

Then we can hear the BBC condemning leakers of sensitive information.