Dear Mr Cook
Thank you for your further e-mail. Please accept our apologies for the
delay in replying. We know our correspondents appreciate a quick response
and we are sorry you have had to wait on this occasion.
It is worth bearing in mind that this was part of 'Newsnight Review' rather
than a news report within the main body of the programme and the aim was
not to enter into a lengthy look at slavery and its abolition.
Your original complaint took issue with the following piece of script:
"The film Amazing Grace has been released to coincide with the 200th
anniversary of the passing of a bill which outlawed the slave trade in
Britain and its empire."
The general historical consensus, as far as I am aware, is that in 1806,
parliament passed an act to abolish the supply of slaves on British ships
to foreign and conquered colonies. This was followed up by the total
abolition of the British slave trade in 1807. It ended more than 200 years
of slave trading. The Abolition of Slavery Act, passed in 1833, freed all
slaves in the British Empire and provided for compensation for their owners.
I confess to being unsure as to exactly how the brief introduction
misrepresented this or was factually inaccurate. As a result there is
little more we can add other than to apologise again if you were concerned.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to contact us.
Regards
Damian Whyte
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-----Original Message-----
{Title:} Mr
{First Name:} Illinois
{Last Name:} Cook
{Email:} illinoisc@hotmail.com
{Phone:}
{Postcode:} E3 5AH
{Country:} England
{About:} General
{Network:}
{Programme Name:}
{Transmission Date:}
{Comments:}
Please accept an official complaint at the way my comments/complaint was
dealt with by one of your staff. The problem is that although I have
caught Kirsty Wark in a minor error in the way she described the 1807
Act in the mere introduction to a news item, your correspondent has
unnanccountably replied twice using two different ways of saying that no
error was made. I really don't see why you would feel the need to defend
an error with such methods, so would you please explain the responses I
have recieved? Quoted: Dear Mr Cook
Thank you for your further e-mail.
I note that you were having difficulties sending a complaint to us. For
future
reference, the Make a Complaint option on the Complaints website offers
the
following webform:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/make_complaint_step1.shtml
With regards to my previous response, at no point in the programme did
Kirsty
say that Slavery ended 1807, she said that this date marked the
anniversary of a
bill passed to outlaw the trade of slaves.
Also in the opening of the programme, when stating that a review of
'Amazing
Grace' was to feature, she referred to it being a film about the
beginning of
the end of slavery.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to contact us.
Regards
Damian Whyte
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-----Original Message-----
{Title:} Mr
{First Name:} Illinois
{Last Name:} Cook
{Email:} illinoisc@hotmail.com
{Phone:}
{Postcode:} E3 5AH
{Country:} England
{About:} TV
{Network:} BBC2
{Programme Name:} newsnight
{Transmission Date:}23 - 03 - 07
{Comments:}
Had to use the 'send praise' choice of feedback type, as 'comments..'
and 'complaints..' sent me into a loop of pages which didn't get
anywhere, so therefore that can form my first complaint.
My second is this:
-----Original Message-----
Dear Damian Whyte, can you read?
"After the passing of Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
<http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lslavery07.htm> in 1807, British
captains
who were caught continuing the trade were fined Ã'£100 for every
slave found on
board. However, this law did not stop the British slave
trade.....Parliament
passed the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833. This act gave all slaves in
the
British Empire their freedom"
Slavery was still taking place in the British Empire until 1833 quite
legally.
It's up to us to solve the Middle East problem - march on London, June
9th 2007:
http://www.enoughoccupation.org/enough
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From: info@bbc.co.uk
To: illinoisc@hotmail.com
Subject: Newsnight Review [T2007032400JAS010Z2192921]
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:51:09 +0100 (BST)
>Dear Mr Cook
>
>Thank you for your e-mail.
>
>I note your concerns regarding 'Newsnight Review' on 23 March and that
you
believe Kirsty Wark made an error in her introduction to the review of
'Amazing
Grace'. Having reviewed the programme I can confirm that what Kirsty
actually
said was:
>
>"The film Amazing Grace has been released to coincide with the 200th
anniversary of the passing of a bill which outlawed the slave trade in
Britain
and its empire."
>
>This is factually correct, the link you supplied also confirms this.
>
>Please be assured that your comments have been fully registered on our
daily
audience log. This internal document will be made available to the
'Newsnight
Review' production team and Senior BBC Management.
>
>Once again, thank you for taking the time to contact us.
>
>Regards
>
>Damian Whyte
>BBC Information
>__________________________________________
>The BBC Trust wants to know what's important to you about your BBC.
Want to
help it set the BBC's strategic priorities? To get involved just click
on
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>{Title:} Mr
>{First Name:} Illinois
>{Last Name:} Cook
>
>
>{Email:} illinoisc@hotmail.com
>{Phone:}
>{Postcode:} E3 5AH
>{Country:} England
>
>{About:} General
>{Network:} BBC2
>
>
>
>
>
>{Programme Name:} Newsnight (Review)
>{Transmission Date:}23 - 03 - 07
>
>{Comments:}
>At the beginning of Newsnight Review Kirsty said 'the 200th anniversary
>of the Abolition Act which abolished Slavery in the British Empire'.
>This was a shoddy mistake as one of the key points about the 1807 Act
is
>that it did NOT do this, and indeed this was not until until 1833 - see
>here:
>
>http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lslavery33.htm
>
Yours sincerely,
Illinois Cook
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