THE GUARDIAN: Jeremy Paxman has accused the BBC of "fawning" over the royal family, claiming that in the past the corporation has seen itself as "a courtier".
Speaking on an edition of Radio 4's The Archive Hour which will air on Saturday October 11, the Newsnight presenter said the BBC did not know whether to "report" or "celebrate" events such as the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations and the marriage of the Prince of Wales to Camilla Parker-Bowles.
"While the BBC does report royal matters pretty straightforwardly, as it should, there is still a fawning taste, a fawning sense to the tone of voice it adopts when dealing with the heir to throne and his family," Paxman said.
"They do not treat them in the way they would treat other members of the public, to which it might equally reply that they are not other members of the public." Jeremy Paxman Attacks BBC’s Royal Coverage >>> Ben Dowell | October 7, 2008
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