Emily Maitlis Updates: Maintaining impartiality is one of the major guidelines to be followed by the staff working in BBC. EMILY MAITLIS has breached the rule and now is facing the consequences of her actions. She recently retweeted a Twitter post by Piers Morgan. In which he criticizes the government’s actions during the Pandemic.
Emily deleted the tweet within 10 minutes after she posted it. However, she was reprimanded by BBC officials after she was confirmed of breaching impartiality rules.
Emily retweeted the tweet that states, failing to follow quarantine properly is punishable by 10 years in prison. Then what is the punishment for not protecting the country from a pandemic?
What is piers Morgan’s response to the Pandemic? Although she deleted the tweet in 10 minutes, one viewer saw this tweet and reported it to BBC. After the accusation was confirmed, she was held down by the BBC superiors.
Why maintaining partiality is important to BBC?:
BBC is having strict policies on staff’s opinions being shared on social media. It states the staffs need to be careful in sharing their opinion of social media. It includes liking and sharing the content on social media. The BBC’s Editorial Complaints Unit confirmed the allegations against Emily.
It Stated that the retweeted material was controversial, suggesting that the government was under intense criticism, and nothing in the context around it indicated that Ms. Maitlis did not support it.
What Emily Maitlis Shared About the Guidelines?
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In Recent times, Defund the BBC campaign was criticizing the broadcaster for letting Emily get away with “impartiality” once again. They mentioned on Twitter that Emily is not held responsible for not following the BBC’s guidelines, which is upholding Impartiality. They also added that such actions were a violation of the BBC’s charter obligations.
Tim Davie is the new director-general in BBC. He recently warned the staff on their use of social media. The BBC acknowledged that sharing, liking, and retweeting the material from other people is part of social media, however, doing such things by BBC personals will showcase the BBC’s endorsement of the cause. A “retweet is not an approval” or an equivalent disclaimer in your biography will not suffice on its own.
He said to think about what their likes, shares, retweets, use of hashtags, and whom they follow say about them and their prejudices and opinions. He urged his colleagues to avoid virtue-signaling retweets, likes, or joining online campaigns.
Emily was also caught in similar cases before in her career. She liked a tweet in December 2019 claiming Boris Johnson’s rhetoric was “fuelling racism in British society” She also added that Boris Johnson has decided to ignore the fact of the resignation of one minister, growing tension from his backbenchers, and a dramatic early warning from the polls.
