PUBLIC APOLOGY FROM BBC WORLD HAVE YOUR SAY Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/public-apology-from-bbc-world-have-your-say.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:45 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition ms e kay [Signature #208] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11857367?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:29:27 UTC 11857367 Mrs Sophia Baidoo [Signature #207] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11319143?utm_medium=rss the topic is clearly offensive stereotypical assumption

]]> Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:19:55 UTC 11319143 Peter Marcus [Signature #206] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11245693?utm_medium=rss I SUPPORT RACIAL EQUALITY

]]> Sun, 2 Oct 2011 11:50:03 UTC 11245693 Justine Clarke [Signature #205] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11187601?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:30:25 UTC 11187601 Ms Anonymous [Signature #204] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11186589?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:46:45 UTC 11186589 Karine M JeanFrancois [Signature #203] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11186433?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:23:56 UTC 11186433 Ms Nathalie Lozano [Signature #202] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11186411?utm_medium=rss I held the BBC to higher standars. I never thought I could hear something so racist like the coverage you gave the riots. The minimum you can do is to apologize and then all of you should seriously consider learning more about power, oppression and racism.

]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:20:25 UTC 11186411 Mr Andrew Morrison [Signature #201] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11173082?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:01:04 UTC 11173082 Anonymous [Signature #200] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11167427?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:51:30 UTC 11167427 Mr Des Ellis [Signature #199] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11153235?utm_medium=rss The BBC is no longer the decent independant broadcster it used to be.

]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:23:56 UTC 11153235 Mr David Philips [Signature #198] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11149709?utm_medium=rss Re David Starkey's racist comments on the BBC in generalising and blaming all the riots solely on Jamaican patios and highlighting only negative aspects of black culture. This is an biased view as the demograhic of rioters was multicultural and all adults are to be responsible in society. I am surprised that a so-called 'historian' could say such things.

]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:19:59 UTC 11149709 Ms Helen Rees [Signature #197] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11124230?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 05:17:49 UTC 11124230 Ms Esther Stanford-Xosei [Signature #196] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11100822?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:47:30 UTC 11100822 Anonymous [Signature #195] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11079956?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:40:57 UTC 11079956 Mr Tunde Yinusa [Signature #194] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11073927?utm_medium=rss This is an unnecessary waste of tax layers and licencee money.

]]> Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:07:36 UTC 11073927 Daniel John-Jules [Signature #193] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11071543?utm_medium=rss Bias Black Coverage (BBC)

]]> Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:21:42 UTC 11071543 Ade Banjoko [Signature #192] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11071288?utm_medium=rss The actions of the BBC in relation to this matter indicate that institutional racism is unfortunately still a feature of this organisation. It is a travesty.

]]> Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:03:45 UTC 11071288 Ms F Alder [Signature #191] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11071144?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:30:10 UTC 11071144 Ms Doreen Bogle [Signature #190] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11070090?utm_medium=rss As a tv licence payer, I am disgusted at this blatant racism. Perhaps the BBC should be asking itself what is wrong with white males as examples abound.

]]> Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:48:40 UTC 11070090 Mr Masimba Musodza [Signature #189] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11070075?utm_medium=rss I am disgusted by the inherently racist nature of that discussion.

]]> Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:40:26 UTC 11070075 Mr GARIBA AWUDU [Signature #188] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11068661?utm_medium=rss Please BBC just be fair. Use the official statistics and set the appropriate context.

]]> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:44:52 UTC 11068661 Devon Stewart [Signature #187] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11060199?utm_medium=rss It is becoming clear that institutional Racism is finding it difficult to procure a hiding place for itself. Therefore, those at the ‘BBC’ ought to realize that colonialism and the language of colonialist, is assessed and addressed wherever and whenever it’s deemed necessary to do so. Just as the practice that emanates from colonialism is doomed, the ideology, philosophy and language intent on it perpetuation is also a relic awaiting its fate!

]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:26:53 UTC 11060199 Ms Raswella Warburton [Signature #186] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11059383?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:50:32 UTC 11059383 Mrs Lara George [Signature #185] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11058514?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:57:47 UTC 11058514 Ms Claudette Lowe [Signature #184] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11057250?utm_medium=rss I am a regular listner to the BBC Radio 4 programmes including the World Service. I am disappointed with the comments made regard to this phone-in and to the David Starkey interview. I find it very disappointing that so much negative information is being portrayed about blacks, Afro-Caribbeans but in particular Jamaicans.
Having lived in this country since 1960 and raised my own family with all the hardships accorded to us I find that racism towards us as people is still endemic. No change.

]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:17:20 UTC 11057250 MS denise Lapompe [Signature #183] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055131?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:08:38 UTC 11055131 ms anthea ferguson [Signature #182] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11054637?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:37:01 UTC 11054637 mr Anonymous [Signature #181] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11052564?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:32:09 UTC 11052564 Mr Abass Allie [Signature #180] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11052398?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:51:01 UTC 11052398 Mr Sam Waterton [Signature #179] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11052030?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:55:05 UTC 11052030 Mr Wayne Spence [Signature #178] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11049677?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:14:20 UTC 11049677 ms Pernella Davis [Signature #177] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11049658?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:09:27 UTC 11049658 Ms Jennifer Stimpson [Signature #176] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11048604?utm_medium=rss you depend on the BBC to be impartial, and not be caught up with the hysteria of this event. I'm ashamed by the premise of the debate.

]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:09:50 UTC 11048604 Ms Alicia Popo [Signature #175] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11047748?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:52:01 UTC 11047748 Mr. Ryan Davis [Signature #174] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11044337?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:09:21 UTC 11044337 Ms. RoseAnne Craig [Signature #173] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11043658?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:14:45 UTC 11043658 Ms Catherine Booth [Signature #172] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11042796?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:21:41 UTC 11042796 Jay Castle [Signature #171] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11042391?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:38:18 UTC 11042391 Ms. Nashira Priester [Signature #170] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11041865?utm_medium=rss There is definitely something wrong with the treatment of young men of African heritage - apparently worldwide. What this amounts to is close to persecution. Such phraseology encourages bogus "journalism" and wild conjecture not based in anything more than preconceived notions & stereotypes.

]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:53:32 UTC 11041865 Lawrence Philp [Signature #169] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11039421?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:43:39 UTC 11039421 Deb Morris [Signature #168] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11039083?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:11:55 UTC 11039083 Dr. Louise Ritchie [Signature #167] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11038932?utm_medium=rss I'm a retired journalist and journalism professor.

]]> Sat, 20 Aug 2011 08:27:38 UTC 11038932 Juanita Anderson [Signature #166] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11038794?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Aug 2011 07:52:57 UTC 11038794 Ms Silke Warneke [Signature #165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11037812?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:58:46 UTC 11037812 ms carol huggins [Signature #164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11036692?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:14:07 UTC 11036692 Mrs. Sasha Mitchell [Signature #163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11036233?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:49:56 UTC 11036233 Judy Lind [Signature #162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11036048?utm_medium=rss My respect for BBC just dropped to zero.

]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:15:18 UTC 11036048 Mr Arnim Johnson [Signature #161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11036008?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:08:02 UTC 11036008 Thulani Davis [Signature #160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11035993?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:04:32 UTC 11035993 Mr Neil Marsh [Signature #159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11034908?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:58:13 UTC 11034908 miss portia thaxter [Signature #158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11034888?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:52:26 UTC 11034888 Mr. Stephen A. Maglott [Signature #157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11034342?utm_medium=rss Racism in the cause of news, is still racism.

]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:12:30 UTC 11034342 Mr. Jabari Asim [Signature #156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11033366?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:37:09 UTC 11033366 Ms Gugulethu Mseleku [Signature #155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11032240?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:03:27 UTC 11032240 Mrs Vanessa Scott [Signature #154] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11031997?utm_medium=rss The comments made by Mr Starky were completly one sided and usually tried to make it seem as if Black Culture was to blame for all atrocities of society!!!

Its sad to say as usual people fail to remember WHY migrants from the ex colonies came here and how we too helped assit our mother country in the war!! and now when the same system that called for us to come and help have now turned their back and lay blame at the feet of black people. Disgusting!! and typical!

]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:23:23 UTC 11031997 c james [Signature #153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11031741?utm_medium=rss The bbc seems intent on towing this racist line, i reflect on the David Starkey comments that "whites are the new blacks" and although he was challenged the bbc have not distanced itself from his comments. Now I hear this flagrant ignorant topic for debate with the assumption that Black people instegated the unrests ,this is what i would expect from Murdoch not a public company supported by those very people u denegrate and insult.

]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:47:21 UTC 11031741 Dr Rosie Wild [Signature #152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11031180?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:57:11 UTC 11031180 Mr Lionel Morrison [Signature #151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11028667?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:49:49 UTC 11028667 Olivia Cornes [Signature #150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11027284?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:08:41 UTC 11027284 Ms Sian Griffiths [Signature #149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11027150?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:58:32 UTC 11027150 Ms Michelle Labonte [Signature #148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11026678?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:18:54 UTC 11026678 mr Anthony Harriott [Signature #147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11025484?utm_medium=rss what can i say but i hold the BBC fully accountable for their actions;weather it was a third party.Irrespect of which way the individual is batting.To me it was like inviting a senior member of the'EDL'; and not expecting him to say anything derogative .i seriously would like you to reverse this statement ,which undermines our race 'BLACK' from such negative remarks;and get a retractive statement from the presenter.

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:35:48 UTC 11025484 Miss Amy-Jo Lynch [Signature #146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11025477?utm_medium=rss Appalling!

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:33:56 UTC 11025477 Mr John Gilkes [Signature #145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11025016?utm_medium=rss The BBC's reputation has been profoundly damaged by an inability to broadcast accurately and effectively. This programme and it's topic has inflammed an already difficult and tense situation. The BBc has a duty to reprsent the public and those paying the license fee fairly and without prejuidice. We demand a public apology.

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:56:28 UTC 11025016 Mr Moustapha BARRY [Signature #144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11025001?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:53:20 UTC 11025001 Mrs Joyce Gilkes [Signature #143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11024986?utm_medium=rss This programme was biased and unbefitting of an international broadcaster. I grew up listening to World Service radio. What a shame that it's standards have now become so questionable.

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:49:21 UTC 11024986 Mr Anonymous [Signature #142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11024818?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:15:33 UTC 11024818 Ms Hannah Kashyap [Signature #141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11024568?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:27:31 UTC 11024568 mr glen walters [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11024037?utm_medium=rss I belive your coverage of the recent street riots in London and other areas of the country was very bias sending out subtle and subliminal messages that it wasd based on race and stereotyped Black young people as the main perbutrators and root of the what occurred, which I feel is completely untrue and unsubstatntiated :
Comparing it to the 1982 'uprisings' is outrageous and this is just another example of the BBC's negative coverage of Black people on the TV. You should immediately apologise

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:17:35 UTC 11024037 Mr Anonymous [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11023973?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:55:24 UTC 11023973 Andreas Benkens [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11022986?utm_medium=rss These people are the cancer of the world.

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:38:24 UTC 11022986 Mr Emmanuel Amevor [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11022206?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:50:42 UTC 11022206 Mrs Effut Bashir [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11022053?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:12:58 UTC 11022053 Mr Stephen Lawson [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11021789?utm_medium=rss It is important to suppress any attempt to generate general racial opinions through the media.

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:14:20 UTC 11021789 mr kenny ramsey [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11021769?utm_medium=rss I agree with the above statement and demand an apology by the BBC

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:11:03 UTC 11021769 Ms Sharon Waldron [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11021747?utm_medium=rss Discusted. I do not pay my licence fee to listen to this tripe!

BBC sort this mees out.

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:06:44 UTC 11021747 Kenny Mytil [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11021680?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:53:48 UTC 11021680 Dr Gil Robinson [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11021271?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:51:15 UTC 11021271 Miss Jennifer Watson [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11020778?utm_medium=rss like others whao are outraged by the comments from this person who is held up in the British Public as highly interlectual , I am not suprised by his views. I watched him on a programme which focused on teaching young people,it well known members of the community assisting the group of young people to value education and play a valued part in society. He stood out as out of touch,pompus and disrespectful to the young people.

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:25:17 UTC 11020778 Hajdi Barz [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11020698?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:11:53 UTC 11020698 Anonymous [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11019606?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:22:12 UTC 11019606 MS Pam Fraser Solomon [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11019470?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:03:04 UTC 11019470 Miss Mamosa Morakabi [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11019335?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:44:45 UTC 11019335 George Shire [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11019127?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:14:54 UTC 11019127 Ms. Joy Clark [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11019039?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:05:03 UTC 11019039 Ms Ashindi Maxton [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11018819?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:32:29 UTC 11018819 Ms Emma Lewis [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11018726?utm_medium=rss The BBC has used this rebellion to perpetuate racist stereotypes against Black people. Coverage has been biased and racist. There was no mention of the police assault on the 16 year old girl after the Vigil ended. The BBC is trying to make injustice acceptable.

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:11:21 UTC 11018726 Mrs Jamsheda Young [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11018655?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:59:55 UTC 11018655 MRS Anonymous [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11018608?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:53:25 UTC 11018608 Mrs. Aisha McLeod [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11018535?utm_medium=rss Government Corruption is the main cause of crime in most countries including the United Kingdom! Violence is predominant in all races...it's unfavorable living conditions that breed violence... Check your facts BBC!

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:40:21 UTC 11018535 Mr Randal Boatswain [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11017818?utm_medium=rss This so called "historian" with his narrow minded, racist, nf views. Who does he think he is insulting Black people with such comments? we have enriched this country in its entirety. He should look back on his own "history" before uttering such claptrap.

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:40:03 UTC 11017818 mr Eric mcleod [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11017732?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:25:46 UTC 11017732 Anonymous [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11017401?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:31:47 UTC 11017401 Valli Dakshinamurthi [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11017364?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:26:37 UTC 11017364 Mr Neil Grutchfield [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11017312?utm_medium=rss This appears to be a poor misjudgement. Whatever the programme maker's intention the World Service have framed the debate that it seeks to provoke within the terms of a racist dialogue.

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:17:34 UTC 11017312 Lucy Freeman [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11016997?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:21:54 UTC 11016997 K Maxwell [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11016942?utm_medium=rss It is ridiculous to proclaim that the riots were the product of young black men, when it can clearly be seen that in some parts of the UK where rioting broke out the majority of rioters and looteers were caucasian. Although the media have done a good job of publicising the black riorters and looters, anyone who followed the riots live and possess eyes and ears which are capable of seeing and hearing objectively, know that that the UK riots are the product of a mixed society who feel excluded.

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:14:45 UTC 11016942 Sarah Asher [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11016810?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:54:48 UTC 11016810 Jeff Stetson [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11016383?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:48:24 UTC 11016383 Miss Sarah Jones [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11016347?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:43:59 UTC 11016347