The BBC’s decision to cut 2000 jobs needs to be set in some kind of context. Such as:
The BBC has sent 407 people to cover this weekend's Glastonbury festival, almost as many as it flew out to film last year's Beijing Olympics.
At a time when the BBC is trying to make extensive savings across the corporation and cutting scores of jobs, it has still seen fit to have an astonishing 175 staff covering the U.S. election.
Or we could note:
Yet the Beeb, which insists it always looks for value for money, sent no fewer than 36 staff to cover the (World Economic) Forum. Sky sent one reporter, and ITV a grand total of three staff.
It does seem to me that there’s scope for a saving or two. Sadly, the BBC seems set on cutting its regional and local services – the very programming that isn’t viable commercially. All the shiny stars and the swanky executives will doubtless remain.
...
2 comments:
It's also pretty vital that we have BBC one, two, three, four, HD, CBBC's, Cbeebes, BBC news, BBC Parliament, radio one, two, three...............
'Freaky Eaters' and 'Snog Marry Avoid' could be scrapped. That would save a few million quid.
Post a Comment