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Well spotted @CatLaw75!
The @BBC in 2020, & again in 2021, confirmed the personal @Twitter accounts of freelancers (eg Lineker, Packham, & Andrew Neil) are "unrelated to" the BBC, & "the BBC is not responsible for its content".
#MOTD #IStandWithGaryLineker #GaryGate
Davie's new (October 2020) social media guidelines stated @BBC staff should, on their own personal social media accounts, 'avoid expressing personal views on current issues of political controversy', which as a right-winger he described using the pejorative 'virtue signalling'.
However, the response to a complaint about Chris Packham, which came in September 2021 - almost a year after Tim Davie had set out his new social media guidelines for '@BBC staff' in October 2020 - stated Chris's "personal social media account has no connection to the @BBC." 🤔
The September 2021 response to a complaint about Chris Packham expressing personal opinions on his personal @Twitter account also stated "We believe that our audience is able to separate Chris's presenting work for us from the personal views he shares outside of @BBC programmes".
Tory donor & Sunak's old boss Richard Sharp was installed in February 2021 - 4 months after the new guidelines & 7 months before the Packham complaint. The ambiguous & inconsistently enforced guidelines reveal Govt interference in the @BBC & an attack on freelancers' free speech.
About THAT new Home Office propaganda video...
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