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BBC 1Xtra responds..

Submitted By: Ligali Media Network
Date: Wed 5 March 2003

Ligali has just received a response from the BBC Editorial & investigation Team. At first glance, I don't feel all our questions were answered.

From our original letter:

1Xtra's remit clearly states:

"1Xtra from the BBC will offer: social action and topical debates of interest and relevance to the target audience via 250 hours a year of daily discussion shows…"

In a press statement issued by the BBC in August 2002, the BBC also stated "The station will have its own dedicated news team and a key element of 1Xtra will be a nightly discussion programme." *2

This is not happening.

In the response it stated:

"what do you do when over 50% of you audience want to hear an artist who's relationship with crime/violence is as much in the news as their music? To ignore them could do you more harm than good. "

Well this week in the UK rightly or wrongly:

" El-Faisal received seven years for soliciting murder, 12 months to run concurrently for using threatening and insulting words and a further two years - to run consecutively - for using threatening and insulting recordings."

Does the BBC not feel it has a social responsibility to not broadcast material that promotes murder, even if it has been edited or is desired by 50% of it's audience?

Our letter:

"Your letter closed by stating our comments had been passed on to the relevant programme controllers. Please supply us with their names and forward a copy of all my previous correspondence to the BBC's Managing Director, the Governors Programme Complaints Committee and Senior Management team. "

Was this done?

Our letter:

" Finally, in the event that we are unsatisfied with the response from the Editorial & Investigation Team, we would like to know whether there is alternative body to whom we can further our complaint. Similarly, we would be interested in finding out if there is a regulatory body to whom the BBC are accountable. If so, please forward us their details so we can discuss this matter further"

Why was this was NOT done?

A Ligali response will be in the post soon.

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BBC 1Xtra investigation response 05.03.03.pdf

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