EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has defended its decision to produce glossy adverts for Huawei and Chinese state media, saying the contracts are important to funding its international journalism. Sean O’H…
, the BBC director-general, but his office declined to respond, instead pointing him to O’Hara, who heads up BBC StoryWorks. O’Hara’s full email is below.
He added that Alton’s concerns would be fed into regular reviews of StoryWorks guidelines to determine whether they “strike the right balance between achieving commercial income and safeguarding our reputation with audiences and other key stakeholders.” BBC journalists questioned the wisdom of StoryWorks’ involvement with Chinese propaganda organs, such as CGTN, who have been accused of making reporting conditions more perilous for British reporters.
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