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And who might the next Jimmy Savile already have been?...Originally posted by Paul Sherratt View Post
More importantly, who on earth would want the DG position now? Did I hear someone propose Andrew McGregor?...Comment
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Andrew Neil would be my choice. Seriously.Comment
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Oh dear - I wasn't.Comment
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The BBC will weather this storm, as it has done before. However, it has never had to face such hostility, with virtually all the Tory party wanting to get rid of it while Murdoch looks on. One structural problem is that the Corporation doesn't have a Current Affairs department which is separated from News as it always was in the past. The job of News used to be just that, it was not the maker of programmes like Panorama, which now seems to be the only survivor. When I mixed film for programmes at Lime Grove, every script was subject to intense legal vetting, sometimes into the small hours before transmission. Does that happen now /
Another question, we have heard lots of stuff about the numerous enquiries that Teresa May and others have set up. The victims of abuse who made the mistake in identifying Lord McAlpine as their tormentor did so after being shown a single photograph by the Police, but there seems to be a deadly silence about that when there should be immediate action.Comment
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Simon Jenkins - though I doubt he'd want the job.
Alan Rusbridger - probably unacceptable to Government, tho
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If they really want to clobber the Beeb -ESTHER RANTZEN!Comment
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OTOH, the Chairman announced that he would not be resigning his membership of the Conservative Party when he took on his post. Fair's fairOriginally posted by kernelbogey View PostAlan Rusbridger - probably unacceptable to Government, tho.
I wonder if Ed Richards will be back in the picture? Apparently Caroline Thomson is the bookies' favourite ...It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Hell's teeth! Fincham (Queengate), Boaden (Savilegate), Davie (Sachsgate, 6Musicgate) ...Originally posted by amateur51 View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Well, all that and much more clearly leaves the field open to Rupert Murdoch, then; funny, the National Lottery copyrighted (how?!) expression "it could be you" could hardly have been more appositely used, surely?(!)...Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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my money - Davie will get DG on management skills (a la Arch Cantab) but a deputy on journalist side will be appointed - Davie to fire enough top/middle management to make an overall savingOriginally posted by french frank View PostComment
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I think it is like the NHS. Many from abroad have a real appreciation of our institutions. They don't see the virtue in drift. And such is the respect that they are less inclined to feel bigger or higher than the institution itself. All of that would probably help us.
Has the phone call to Australia been made yet?Comment
Let them eat cake!
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