BBC To Curb Foul Language

By Malgwyn | June 25, 2009

The Mail  reports “the BBC has been told to ban swearing on its flagship channel until 10pm - after viewers told a TV standards investigation they were fed up with bad language.”
“The suggested change of policy follows a BBC report commissioned in the wake of the Jonathan Ross-Russell Brand affair,” which “revealed that a third of all viewers had spoken ‘unprompted’ about their concerns over strong language on TV.”
“In the area of morality, values and behaviour, 46 per cent said they thought TV standards had fallen in recent years.”
If a third of all viewers had spoken ‘unprompted’ one can only guess that they represented a much greater percentage of viewers who didn’t speak up but see the BBC as out of touch with the British public. It suggests that gutter language use on the BBC is BBC led and not representative of the views of the general public. Why shouldn’t the British public expect the BBC to be in the forefront of raising cultural and behavioural standards instead of pushing the boundaries in trying to lower them?

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