🔗 Share this article Former British Broadcasting Corporation Consultants Face Parliamentary Inquiry Following Claims of Bias in Unauthorized Memorandum We begin with questions from Conservative MP the panel's head, who chairs the group. She initiates by providing details to the leaked document prepared by Michael Prescott and printed in a daily publication. "I don't want the British Broadcasting Corporation slanting toward one side or the other, My only wish is for it balanced, impartial and equitable," he says. When asked if he thinks the British Broadcasting Corporation is institutionally biased, Prescott answers: "No I don't. It is important to note, tons of stuff the BBC creates is world class - including factual and non-factual shows." However, he continues: "There is substantial tasks that needs to be done at the British Broadcasting Corporation." A further former external BBC consultant interviewed by the panel, Caroline Daniel, remarks she takes the BBC with great importance and that it maintains a "continuous process and vigorous discourse" across evolving and intricate subjects. "Did the BBC ready to engage in a genuine dialogue and exchange and take action?" she questions. "As I see it, affirmative, they were."