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Title: "Understood?"
Post by Administrator on Sep 30^th, 2016, 4:11pm

Helen Bowden..Director of BBC Radio, resigned from her position at 9am this morning (30/9/2016).

This is from "The Independent".

"Here, in an exclusive extract of the speech she will deliver Friday afternoon at the Prix Italia festival in Lampedusa, she reflects on a career in broadcasting, and makes the case for ‘slow news’.

"Last month, the European Broadcasting Union published a survey that suggested that countries with popular, well-funded public service broadcasters encounter less extremism and corruption. Its report says: “In countries where public service media funding is higher there tends to be more press freedom” and where they have a higher market share “there also tends to be a higher voter turnout”.

The EBU argues that “a strong and well-funded public service media is not only about providing people with news, documentaries and entertainment – it’s also about contributing to democracy”. Questioning politicians, freely but fairly, is a vital part of the body politic."
"I am unapologetically speaking up for the virtues of Slow." "

The article may be read, in its entirety, here.