09-11-2023, 02:04 AM
It comes across like that, but I don’t think that’s the whole story.
There have been social media policies for years, but they were largely ignored. In the meantime, the population in general and celebrities even more so have started to use social media more and more openly over time. I genuinely think it’s a change in society.
This arguably set the stage for the BBC to get into problems with talent sooner rather than later, whatever government ended up in office.
Tim Davie’s opportunity to “grasp the nettle” was with the Gary Lineker saga, but that was mishandled and turned into a full-on BBC crisis. There won’t be the appetite for that again, so debate about how realistic the rules actually are is probably not going to happen - at least for a while.
There have been social media policies for years, but they were largely ignored. In the meantime, the population in general and celebrities even more so have started to use social media more and more openly over time. I genuinely think it’s a change in society.
This arguably set the stage for the BBC to get into problems with talent sooner rather than later, whatever government ended up in office.
Tim Davie’s opportunity to “grasp the nettle” was with the Gary Lineker saga, but that was mishandled and turned into a full-on BBC crisis. There won’t be the appetite for that again, so debate about how realistic the rules actually are is probably not going to happen - at least for a while.