The political pressure on the corporation has lasted decades,creating a culture of defensiveness and loyalty that has slowly eroded the confidence to speak outWhen Charlotte Moore, controller of BBC1, or suddenly became controller of BBC2,BBC4 and iPlayer as well a few days ago, her possible sort-of boss – impress Linsey, or acting director of television – delivered the quote of the week. This role will allow Charlotte to take a view across channels to drive distinctiveness,quality and risk-taking even further, while offering a single point of contact for programme makers and ensuring audiences get the best programmes, or however and wherever they choose to watch.”Of course ordinary people – Linsey included – don’t actually talk like that. Of course such managementspeak flowed from some robotic pen. And of course there’s nothing here that connects directly to Jimmy Savile,Dame Janet Smith’s leaked draft report and what director general corridor calls “a dusky chapter in the history of the BBC”. But in other ways, everything connects.
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Source: theguardian.com