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February 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Claire Ellicott
Last updated at 8:05 AM on 13th February 2012
Apology: BBC director General Mark Thompson. The corporation has apologised after airing documentaries made by a firm that was being paid millions by PR clients
The BBC has apologised for broadcasting documentaries made by a television company that was paid millions of pounds by PR clients and corrupt regimes.
It issued an extraordinary apology to 74 million BBC World News viewers around the world for breaking ‘rules aimed at protecting our editorial integrity’.
The broadcaster has now said it will change its system after showing documentaries made by FBC Media (UK) whose PR client list included foreign governments and multinational companies.
The company made eight documentaries for the BBC about Malaysia, but failed to declare it was paid £17million by the Malaysian government for ‘global strategic communications’.
The programmes included positive coverage of Malaysia’s controversial palm oil industry.
London-based FBC also made a documentary about the spring uprising in Egypt for the BBC without declaring that they were paid to do PR work for former dictator Hosni Mubarak’s regime.
In November, the BBC Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee identified 15 breaches of editorial guidelines FBC closed its London offices and went into administration in October.
Concern: FBC Media made eight documentaries for the BBC about Malaysia, but failed to declare it was paid £17million by the Malaysian government for ‘global strategic communications’
Broadcasting regulator Ofcom is investigating FBC.
A BBC spokesman said: ‘We have accepted the BBC Trust’s findings and [have] also apologised to viewers.
‘We are committed to the highest standards of broadcasting. Since these issues were raised, we’ve brought forward a series of changes to tighten our systems and strengthen the protection of our editorial independence.’
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“Broadcasting regulator Ofcom is investigating FBC.” Why? FBC have gone into administration, it said so the sentence before this one. This would be a waste of time and money. Spend it on doing something constructive, like asking the BBC why they endorse all the companies on MOTD when interviewing after the match. I don’t see ITV or Sky slapping on stickers at the back of the interviewee endorsing the football clubs sponsors.
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write to Mr J Hunt (I Think the name is right ) and ask him why we have to pay for this rubbish. As It gets funding from the EU that is a reason to not pay as it goes against it charter.Someone should test it in the courts to see if that is true.
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Any fine should be implemented at the company behind this and BBC executives pay not the licence fee payer
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…and how long do we have to wait before the BBC apologise for their blatant BIAS and self-serving attitude? I won’t be hoding my breath.
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As one of their esteemed newreaders said recently BBC News promotes incompetent yes men. I notice the head of BBC World News hasn’t walked over this massive violation of its own editorial guidelines. Probably being lined up for promotion!
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To add insult to injury, ofcom will probably fine them which will then be added to our license fee.
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Ha! The DM lecturing the BBC for paying people and being dodgy? Oh the irony! Paid any coppers today, DM?
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I no longer believe most of what the BBC say anyway ,just left wing guardian readers
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With this and many other actions the BBC have done, then why are we forced to pay a License fee? they reasons quoted time and time again as to why we are forced to pay a fee have long since gone and the fee is nowhere near worth the amount we are charged anyway with repeat after repeat in a move to save money just so the fee’s can be paid to greedy executives and over paid so called performers. END THE LICENSE FEE AND END IT NOW.
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There seems to be a lot of unsavourary practice being unearthed at the BBC. Time for a complete change in management I think.
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