"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 30/5/04 10:36 pm, in article ,
"Kay
Easton" wrote:

In article , Stan The Man
writes

Since organic gardeners are still
a small minority of the total, the BBC should stamp on him before he
alienates a lot of viewers.

I'm old enough to remember when the BBC felt it had a purpose to educate
and to raise standards, rather than simply pander to the tastes of the
majority.

That rings a bell. Isn't that part of its motto in some way?

The mandate is still to inform, educate and entertain.