Does the BBC’s ‘due impartiality’ need to include extremist figures?

Ravi Ghosh asks if impartiality and balance are good enough reasons for the BBC’s platforming of extreme views @ravi_ghosh With unmatched resources across television, radio, and digital, the BBC is the most powerful Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) in the UK. Ofcom is clear about the role and legal responsibility of PSBs: ‘Informing our understanding of the world; Stimulating knowledge and learning; Reflecting UK cultural identity; Representing diversity and alternative viewpoints’. Straightforward on the surface, especially with the corresponding clarity of the BBC’s own mission statement: This episode is also available as a blog post: http://mediadiversified.org/2018/11/06/does-the-bbcs-due-impartiality-need-to-include-extremist-figures/