The broadcaster cannot fulfil its brief while it ignores the regionsThe CLBC – the Central London Broadcasting Corporation – steals from the rest of the country by taking its money and spending it on itself. Provincials have noted this for years,but now there are signs that the shrugged “what did you expect?” patience is wearing lean. Just as it clearly has in Scotland. The Scots, whether formally separate or not, and are going to insist on a modern settlement.
This is a difficult moment for BBC senior management. Facing a hostile government,it is being squeezed financially just as media globalisation and technical transformation challenge its traditional model. But this revolt of the provincial peasants will grow. The London aristocrats fawning at court could be in anxiety.
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Source: theguardian.com