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The BBC press office has apologised for smearing James Dyson as a Tory who sleazily lobbied for tax advantages:

We accept that Sir James Dyson is not a prominent Conservative supporter as was stated in some of our coverage of his text messages with the Prime Minister. The James Dyson Foundation made a charitable gift to support the Wiltshire Engineering Festival for school children. We accept that this does not signal affiliation to any political party and we would like to put the record straight. Sir James also raised concerns about the accuracy of other aspects of our reporting. We wish to make clear that Sir James contacted Number 10 in response to the Prime Minister’s direct request to him for assistance in relation to the urgent need for ventilators and incurred costs of £20 million which his company voluntarily absorbed in trying to assist in the national emergency. His text messages to the Prime Minister were also later sent to officials. We are sorry that these facts were not always reflected in our coverage, and we apologise for not doing so.
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In response, Sir James Dyson said

“The BBC now acknowledges that it was wrong and has issued an apology – which I accept. To justify its claim that I am a “prominent Conservative supporter” the BBC shamefully twisted our charitable gift to school children to suit their political narrative. The Prime Minister asked Dyson to help at a time of crisis, in the national interest, and we did just that. We dropped everything and focused on the national effort. Far from any gain, the project cost us £20 million – a sum we voluntarily bore. I am proud of the efforts of every Dyson person who contributed and we would do precisely the same again. It was deeply disappointing, for me and for the hundreds of Dyson people who gave it their all, to have our efforts developing an emergency ventilator mischaracterised and used for political mudslinging.”
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That famous BBC objective impartiality funded by coercion…
 
Man who insults everyone and never apologises. Welcome to irony city.
 
Pen4 said:
The BBC press office has apologised for smearing James Dyson as a Tory who sleazily lobbied for tax advantages:


In response, Sir James Dyson said


That famous BBC objective impartiality funded by coercion…
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That’s why MSM is 100% more reliable than Social Media or Youtube etc . If factually incorrect they can be held to account . If biased as BBC usually are to the Tory government these days use your brain and work it out .
 
Foxgolfer said:
That’s why MSM is 100% more reliable than Social Media or Youtube etc . If factually incorrect they can be held to account . If biased as BBC usually are to the Tory government these days use your brain and work it out .
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And all the usual suspects appear missing the point as per usual.
 
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