IT IS FINE FOR THE BBC TO BROADCAST FILMS BY FREELANCE JOURNALISTs ABOUT PARTITION OF INDIA, FILMED ILLEGALLY IN INDIAN TERRITORY NEAR BORDER WITH PAKISTAN (as it did towards the end of 2017). THE JOURNALISTS GAINED ACCESS BY A FALSE DECLARATION ON THEIR VISA APPLICATION - WHICH NAVIN SINGH KHADKA WOULD SURELY DESCRIBE AS TOTALLY ILLEGAL IF HE BOTHERED TO INVESTIGATE THEM.
YET THE BCC FALSELY ACCUSES CHRIS OF TOTALLY ILLEGALLY OBTAINING SEED FROM THE HIMALAYA, WHEN IT WAS NO SUCH THING WITHIN AN ON-LINE ARTICLE AND EVEN IF CHRIS HAD NOT HAD FORMAL PERMISSION AT GOVERNMENT LEVEL FOR THE SEED, THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT MORALLY WRONG! TALK ABOUT DOUBLE-STANDARDS - THOSE 'WORKING' FOR THE BBC CAN ACT WITH IMPUNITY "ABOVE THE LAW"..... WHILST OTHERS ARE FALSELY ACCUSED.
AFTER ALL, LOOK AT WHAT CHRIS HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING AND "PUTTING BACK TO THE HIMALAYA" OVER DECADES. THE BBC, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS NEVER DONE A THING TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT, PEOPLES OR FLORA OF THE HIMALAYA - WHILST CHRIS HAS. THE BBC SHOULD BE BACKING AND ENCOURAGING CHRIS' ACTIVITIES - NOT ATTACKING HIM....BUT THERE IS UGLY 'POLITICS' AT PLAY....
THEY EMPLOY A NEPALESE SYCOPHANT SPIN-DOCTOR FOR THE NEPALESE GOVERNMENT (NAVIN SINGH KHADKA), TO ACT AS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER SPECIALISING IN THE HIMALAYA, WHEN HE KNOWS 'SWEET FANNY ADAMS' ABOUT THE HIMALAYA!!! BEING BORN IN NEPAL (TO A COMFORTABLY OFF FAMILY) AND WORKING AS A NEPALESE JOURNALIST DOES NOT MEAN SOMEONE KNOWS MUCH....). MIND YOU, SINCE WHEN HAS BEING KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT A SUBJECT BEEN A REQUISITE FOR ANY JOURNALIST TO 'PRONOUNCE' WITHIN THEIR WRITINGS. MISLEADING READERS IS THEIR WONT!
ARE NOT THE BBC MEANT TO BE 'FAIR AND OBJECTIVE' IN THEIR REPORTS? WE ARE OVER-PAYING BBC STAFF. WHY DOES THE DIRECTOR OF BBC WORLD SERVICE EARN MORE THAN THE PRIME MINISTER? WHEN I MADE A FORMAL COMPLAINT, I DID GET WRITTEN RESPONSE BUT IT WAS TOTALLY DISMISSIVE - SHE HAD NOT BOTHERED LOOKING INTO THE MATTER AT ALL, KNOWING THAT I WAS HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO HAVE THE FUNDS TO TAKE THE BBC TO COURT, NO MATTER WHAT LIES WERE SAID.
THE TABLOID-LEVEL, SIMPLISTIC AND SENSATIONALIST REPORTING OF THE LIKES OF IGNORANT NAVIN SINGH KHADKA, CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL MEDIA MISINFORMATION WHICH LEADS TO:
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