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privacy and the bbc

Sir Cliff has won significant damages from the BBC, so expect your licence fees to go up, and a significant change in privacy guidelines is expected.
Would 'congratulations' be appropriate?
Damn right too - the police and the BBC overstepping the mark here, no doubt in a post-Savile frenzy to be 'seen to be doing something'...
Harvey Proctor up next - he's going to take the Met for a huge amount
 
Sir Cliff has won significant damages from the BBC, so expect your licence fees to go up, and a significant change in privacy guidelines is expected.
For the type of case, the damages are significant but in the great scheme of BBC finances, they are bugger all.
It will be interesting to chart the onward progress of the reporter who persuaded the police to let him cover the raid.
 
I have no doubt a left-leaning anti-establishment view was taken that cliff is an icon for many, as such is something to be torn down, his sin was to express his religious beliefs and irritate the media. Similarly, with politicians from the conservative party, or anyone else who opposes the socialist media view of the world any behaviour that is less than exemplary will be drawn attention to.

Take for instance "exUKIP Councillor murdered his wife".
If that had been an exLabour councillor or former BBC employee, would there job be linked to the evil action and headlined in a story ?

Its not fake, but clearly carries a bias.
 
I have no doubt a left-leaning anti-establishment view was taken that cliff is an icon for many, as such is something to be torn down, his sin was to express his religious beliefs and irritate the media. Similarly, with politicians from the conservative party, or anyone else who opposes the socialist media view of the world any behaviour that is less than exemplary will be drawn attention to.

Take for instance "exUKIP Councillor murdered his wife".
If that had been an exLabour councillor or former BBC employee, would there job be linked to the evil action and headlined in a story ?

Its not fake, but clearly carries a bias.

Only if he once served as a squaddie. As in "Ex-Tpr Bloggs, who once did 3 days of basic training in..........."
 
Only if he once served as a squaddie. As in "Ex-Tpr Bloggs, who once did 3 days of basic training in..........."
Aye you are right. Amusingly the ex councillor concerned, was a former Royal Marine (I did not look at his bio). But I suppose "exRoyal Marine exUKIP exSeason Ticket holder of whatever" is a bit of a mouthful.
 
I find it amusing that the BBC story on the case originally had full details of the estate (including a photo of the gates) that Sir Cliff lives on.
 
For the type of case, the damages are significant but in the great scheme of BBC finances, they are bugger all.
It will be interesting to chart the onward progress of the reporter who persuaded the police to let him cover the raid.
It might be the couple of million they have to pay in legal fees though.
 
Would 'congratulations' be appropriate?
Damn right too - the police and the BBC overstepping the mark here, no doubt in a post-Savile frenzy to be 'seen to be doing something'...
Harvey Proctor up next - he's going to take the Met for a huge amount

We can live in hope!
This is great news, I'm not a fan of the bloke but this was a bloody travesty of trial by media. Good on him.
Fingers crossed we have some improvement in privacy legislation with regard to the media.
 
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