The former head of TV at the BBC, Roger Mosey, has hit out at groupthink at the BBC:
"The BBC Trust speaks the language of diversity but in its edicts it promotes conformity, whether its about an agreed approach to the science of climate change, 'correct' terminology in the Middle East or the way a documentary about benefits should be constructed," he said.
He added: "On the BBC's own admission, in recent years it did not, with the virtue of hindsight, give enough space to anti-immigration views or EU-withdrawalists; and, though, he may have exaggerated, the former director general Mark Thompson spoke of a 'massive bias to the left' in the BBC he joined more than 30 years ago.
"I share Mark's view that there was more internal political diversity in recent times, but that isn't enough unless it's evident in a wider range of editorial views on air."
This is all well and good, but why is it that these people will only speak out when they are done with their corporate positions? Why can't they put these noble sentiments into action when they are in a position to actually make a difference?
Why is corporate man so cowardly?