KP Newsflash (3/2/2010): BBC's New "Blue Print"
I eagerly await the rollout of a new BBC master plan by the BBC's Director General. The rumours are that it will see cutbacks in web presence and close downs of certain of its entitites. The World Service is exempt becasue I understand that it is funded by the British Government through the Foreign Office.
This apparent retrenchment is of profound concern to me. If this is in response to what James Murdoch said, it will quite tragic. James Murdoch is worried about independent media. If his definition of independent media is the trash he and his father push through Fox News in the U.S, my response is no thank you. This is also ever so with Murdoch Media Properties in the UK. Murdoch already has too much power and influence. This outright power grab should not be allowed because Mr. Murdoch needs to understand that he has to be held to account.
This apparent retrenchment is of profound concern to me. If this is in response to what James Murdoch said, it will quite tragic. James Murdoch is worried about independent media. If his definition of independent media is the trash he and his father push through Fox News in the U.S, my response is no thank you. This is also ever so with Murdoch Media Properties in the UK. Murdoch already has too much power and influence. This outright power grab should not be allowed because Mr. Murdoch needs to understand that he has to be held to account.
Mike Pouraryan
