{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/24813.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":24813,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Review BBC guidelines regarding staff ability to incite violence/hatred as long as they apologise afterwards","background":null,"additional_details":"The Government should force the BBC to revise their guidelines to prevent their staff from making comments designed to incite violence or hatred towards individuals and/or groups.  The comments cannot be undone by making a simple apology afterwards, particularly if this is not the first time it has happened.  The BBC seems to take an inconsistent approach depending on who makes the comments - Jeremy Clarkson should be treated in the same way as Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-12-02T10:26:45.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:40.932Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:36:56.556Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-12-02T10:26:45.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"This is a matter for the BBC.\r\n\r\nIt is a long-standing principle that the Government does not interfere in programme matters. It is important to maintain the principle of freedom of expression which political interference could undermine."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}