Hugh Carleton Greene Quotes


Nor do I believe that we should be impartial about certain things like racialism, or extreme forms of political belief.


Context

Sir Hugh Greene. When Greene made this speech he was the Director-General of the BBC. To Greene the media should try to maintain impartiality except when the issue involves fundamental moral values like racism or extremism.


Citations

Hugh Carleton Greene, 1910-1987, English broadcasting executive, Speech, “The Conscience of the Programme Director,” Rome, February 9, 1965

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Hugh Carleton Greene
Hugh Carleton Greene
  • Born: November 15, 1910
  • Died: February 19, 1987
  • Nationality: British
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Sir Hugh Carleton Greene KCMG OBE was a British television executive and journalist. He was director-general of the BBC from 1960 to 1969.