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The BBC aired this story as a documentary in 2015 as part of the Panorama series. They received threats from the Post Office over the content. > The Post Offic
by interestica 3y ago
The BBC aired this story as a documentary in 2015 as part of the Panorama series. They received threats from the Post Office over the content.
> The Post Office threatened and lied to the BBC in a failed effort to suppress key evidence that helped clear postmasters in the Horizon scandal.
> The Post Office's false claims did not stop the programme, but they did cause the BBC to delay the broadcast by several weeks.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67884743 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67884743
It wasn't just a "glitch" -- it was also a PR campaign (quite successful up to now) that supporessed the voices of those affected.
- shaoonb 3y agoI find it shocking that this has been known about for so long, but only now that there was a TV drama about it is it actually being addressed. It came up in the news and I thought "what, I remember hearing about this 5 years ago, surely it's been sorted out by now?"
- bspammer 3y agoMy parents both work for the BBC and are pretty disheartened about this (though they're happy people finally care). It really feels like presenting the results of journalism as a drama, rather than a documentary, is orders of magnitude more effective at enacting change.
- SLJ7 3y agoI would like to understand enough about law, governments and the postal service to assign blame here, but I'll just say that it's really fucking sad that this is still in any way ongoing after being known about for so many years. This shouldn't have needed to be publicised in such a way before the wheels of justice started turning. I remember hearing about this several years ago and thinking "Jesus, that's rough. Technology sure ruins lives." And now I'm hearing about the (still ongoing) situation in 2024 and I no longer blame the tech. It's all people. People are awful.