In this article, you will get all the information regarding UK petition demands independent probe into BBC documentary on PM Modi Worldwide pti-PTI | Up to date: Monday, January 23, 2023, 15:14 [IST] London,Jan23:Anewon-linepetitionhasdemandedanunbiasedprobeintoa“criticalbreach” bytheBBCinitsdutiesasapublicbroadcasterintheUKoverthecontroversialdocumentarycollectiononPrimeMinisterNarendraModi. ‘NameforanImpartialInvestigationintotheBBCoverModidocumentary’onChange.Org,which“strongly”condemnstheBritishBroadcastingCompany(BBC)forfailingtomeetthe“highestrequirementsofeditorialimpartiality”,hasattractedover2,500signaturessinceitwenton-lineonSundaynight time. Thepetitionlabels‘India:TheModiQuery’,thefirsthalfofwhichairedfinalweekandthesecondisduetobeairedonTuesday,asapieceof“sinisterpropagandajournalismthatintentionallymisinformsitsviewers”.“WestronglycondemntheBBCforfailingtomeetthehighestrequirementsofeditorialimpartialityinitstwo-partdocumentary‘India:TheModiQuery’,”itreads. “WenameupontheBBCBoardtoconductanunbiasedinvestigationintothiscriticalbreachofitsdutiesasapublicservicebroadcasterandpublishthefindingsinfull,”itcalls for. ThepetitionadditionallyurgestheUK’sunbiasedmediawatchdog–theWorkplaceofCommunications(OFCOM)–tomaintaintheBBCtoaccountforwhatitcalls“repeatedfailurestosafecontent materialrequirementswhichcommandthebeliefoflicense-feepayingaudiences”andtofocus onvitalcorrectionsandclarificationswiththebroadcaster.Beneaththerationaleforthenewesttransfer,theorganisersofthepetitiondeclarethedocumentaryisan“instanceofagendapushedreportingandinstitutionalbiasthatnowcharacterisesthisas soon asgloballyreveredorganisation”. “Thetimingforairing,some21yearslater,aso-calledinvestigativereportthathasnothingnewinit,howeversolelyshoehornsoutdatedallegationstomatchtheproducersclearlypredeterminedconclusionsinitselfspeaksvolumes.Inexplicably,itcomesatatimewhenIndia’sSupremeCourt dockethas,afteraprolongedinvestigationandduecourse of,fullyabsolvedPrimeMinisterModifromtheveryidenticalallegationsofcomplicityinthe2002riotsthattheBBCnowseekstorakeupafterextrathantwoa long time,”itreads. Manyofthesignatoriesadditionallycategoricalcomparablesentiments,callingit“fullpropaganda”andcondemningtheBBCforcarryingouta“maliciousagenda”.“BBCiscreatingafalsenarrativein opposition tothetwo-timesdemocraticallyelectedPrimeMinisterofthelargestdemocracyintheworld. Apart fromPMModiwasexoneratedbytheSupremeCourt … Read more