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The BBC is still the best
20/07/07 06:46 Filed in: Media
The BBC is the best broadcaster in the
world, in my view. I have not come across better in the private
sector in the UK or anywhere in the USA (awful place for telly!). I
don't speak many other languages so I can't really comment on those
of other nations, but I am confident to surmise that there is no
better outside the English-speaking world.
So I am disappointed by the latest news that there were deceptions in some phone-in programmes; The Director-General yesterday on the Today programme (BBC ...) was obviously having difficulty remaining composed and his language failed him. But I am confident that the problem is a limited one; and that the revelation by the Corporation shows it is open and is trying to maintain the standards for which it is famous.
I hope that these problems will be resolved and go away, like the irrational attacks by Prime Minister's Press Secretary a couple of years ago went away. The strange behaviour by the Government then has not had an adverse effect and I don't believe these problems will either.
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So I am disappointed by the latest news that there were deceptions in some phone-in programmes; The Director-General yesterday on the Today programme (BBC ...) was obviously having difficulty remaining composed and his language failed him. But I am confident that the problem is a limited one; and that the revelation by the Corporation shows it is open and is trying to maintain the standards for which it is famous.
I hope that these problems will be resolved and go away, like the irrational attacks by Prime Minister's Press Secretary a couple of years ago went away. The strange behaviour by the Government then has not had an adverse effect and I don't believe these problems will either.
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