“The BBC was in court yesterday fighting over the public’s right to know. But the Corporation was not battling to bring information into the open. Instead it has paid an estimated £200,000 in legal fees to keep the report secret … The Corporation is trying to persuade the High Court to overrule a decision by the Information Tribunal that an internal report into the BBC’s Middle East coverage should be made public.”

From The Independent, here. Via ShoutWire, here.

Posted Friday, March 30th, 2007 @ 1:32 am
Filed in community and social, middle east, politics

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