hitony
Administrator
Cliff will win this, probably quite rightly so............that aside, who is going to pay the vast amount of damages?? you and me.....or a private organisation ... or insurance? or what??
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[Music] Cliff v BBC
- Thread starter hitony
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Simple answer, do not watch BBC Live, cancel your TV Licence and then complain bitterly to your MP if tax payers monies is used to support the BBC. If enough people did it that dreadful excuse for a 'non-bias' organisation will have to go commercial.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Seeing as Yorkshire police has already paid damages to him over this it is a no brainer and quite rightly to.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Whoever authorised the coverage should pay
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
and whoever watched it should throw in their pennies as well.
- Aug 8, 2005
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I’m very much team Cliff on this one. It’s a disgrace that accused can have their lives destroyed long before they are eventually proven innocent.
And the millions the BBC will pay him will be a drop in the ocean compared to the large budget they have.
And the millions the BBC will pay him will be a drop in the ocean compared to the large budget they have.
CorgiRegisteredFriend
Well-known member
He will donate damages to charity I’m sure.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Precisely this all about privacy law and Cliff is quite right
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
Maybe, but he is still a tw@t.
AmexRuislip
Trainee Spy 🕵️♂️
The gutter press are as much to blame, as anyone else.
IMO they should stump up some sort of compensation towards victims, who are persecuted before being proven innocent!
IMO they should stump up some sort of compensation towards victims, who are persecuted before being proven innocent!
drew
Drew
On a technical point, he wasn't proven innocent.
(As a supposed christian, he's not very forgiving!!!)
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Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
Fake news
drew
Drew
He could still be found guilty if more evidence is found but, as far as I'm aware, there is no such legal status as proven innocent!!
As for the bias, are you suggesting I'm bias against christians, people claiming to be christian or Cliff himself (probably all three actually!!).
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
I'm afraid l completely disagree. Whilst admitting that they aren't quite what they were, I still believe that the BBC gives, as near as possible anyway, a non biased opinion on world events. I rue the day if/when they are forced to accept outside funding and take the commercial route.
BensGrandad
New member
Conversely based on the available evidence he would probably be found not guilty which is as near to proven innocent as our system allows. Would the BBC be covered by insurance in the same but more complicated way that a builder has Public Liability Insurance?
drew
Drew
Rubbish. Criminal conviction is based on beyond reasonable doubt. That's a long way way from bring proven innocent. Different country but ON was not convicted in criminal court bit was in civil court. In civil court in UK I believe the criteria is 'on the balance of probabilities.
larus
Well-known member
They aren’t beyond delivering the news and being biased.
For example (irrespective of whether or not you voted Leave or not), when the countenance economic figures with opinion, this is just wrong.
“The unemployment rate has reached a new low, the lowest rate for 40 years.” Thats the fact.
However, it gets followed up with “Desite Brexit”. This is opinion.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
He wasn't charged let alone found anything.
The excuse the police used was using his name would bring all the other victims out as happened with other celebrities accused.
Except it didn't. Not one person came forward and the accusation by the one person was fairly flimsy too.
It was a lot of publicity for very little, which could even have been malicious.