By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) has been an icon of public broadcasting since it was founded in 1927, and is often mentioned as a model worthy of emulation in the campaign for an authentic public broadcasting system in the Philippines. Its first director-general declared that impartiality is…
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Activists Blame Labor Export Policy amid BBC’s ‘Racist’ Skit
BY BULATLAT Activists from various organizations said the government’s labor export policy makes Filipinos vulnerable to racism and other abuses. Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), Migrante International, GABRIELA, among others, held a protest in front of the Department of Foreign Affairs, 1:30 p.m. The BBC comedy Harry and Paul portrayed a Filipina dressed as…