tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093560390959788459.post658777994892995450..comments2024-03-21T09:29:25.220+00:00Comments on The Financial Crimes: More BBC BiasAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13775753218753337766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093560390959788459.post-47342268957791838732011-07-22T13:54:39.204+01:002011-07-22T13:54:39.204+01:00It is worth noting that witnesses to select commit...It is worth noting that witnesses to select committees enjoy absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give, whether written or oral, provided that it is formally accepted as such by the Committee. Absolute privilege protects freedom of speech in parliamentary proceedings; it is enshrined in statutory form in Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1689, which prohibits proceedings in Parliament from being called in question in any court. In practical terms this means that select committee witnesses are immune from civil or criminal proceedings founded upon that evidence; nor can their evidence be relied upon in civil or criminal proceedings against any other person.<br /><br />So why don't the editors at the BBC push Watson back on the basis that his "police inquiry" will go nowhere because there is no "evidence" for the police or prosecxution to rely on?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775753218753337766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093560390959788459.post-59553793785585260092011-07-22T11:44:17.669+01:002011-07-22T11:44:17.669+01:00It beyond parody.
No mention of the fact it is no...It beyond parody.<br /><br />No mention of the fact it is not the job or business of a proprietor of newspaper to know or want to know the sources of the journalists stories.<br /><br />No doubt if BBC executive started demanding such information from their fellow beeboids the NUJ would walk en mass out.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362169593902131947noreply@blogger.com