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http://www.ex-bbc.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl >> News and Comment >> "Not As Nice As It Looks" http://www.ex-bbc.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1473856735 Message started by Administrator on Sep 14^th, 2016, 12:39pm

Title: "Not As Nice As It Looks"
Post by Administrator on Sep 14^th, 2016, 12:39pm

Steven Barnett (professor of communications at The University Of Westminster) says:-

"If you believe the white paper on the BBC to be good news, you should read it more closely"....

His opinion may be read here.

Title: Re: "Not As Nice As It Looks"
Post by JohnW on Sep 14^th, 2016, 1:45pm

... indeed, it looks to be horrible.

Maybe the loss of "Bake off" (and all the hoo-ha surrounding that) will make some people sit up and take a little notice ... that the BBC that we all know and (at least to some extent!) love, is going to be savaged by Rupert Murdoch - yet again!

Where's our modern-day equivalent of Lee Harvey Oswald when you need him?