BBC still challenges and seeks the truth
John Shepherd (Letters, November 28) is clearly still "on the case" regarding his complaint to the BBC following its coverage of last year's violent events in Bangkok.
His determination to pursue this matter is commendable, and it is to be hoped that the BBC’s report, if and when it is issued, will be to his satisfaction.
However, in the interests of balance and fairness, it is disappointing that neither he nor any of the other critics of the BBC’s coverage could be bothered to go into print with praise for the recent BBC “Panorama” documentary that chronicled the struggle of the mother and sister of two innocent victims of the violence to uncover the truth of who killed their loved ones. This was an outstanding example of investigative journalism at its best. Very few governments around the world, democratic or otherwise, are comfortable with their versions of the truth being challenged, and this is something the BBC does very effectively, thank goodness, otherwise we would always be at the mercy of bureaucratic obfuscation and doublespeak.
There are often several versions of the “truth”, and the problem with people like John Shepherd, Lung Kip etc is that they expect their version to prevail.
For all its faults and shortcomings, I’ll stick with the BBC every time.
Robin Grant
Bangkok
