01-10-2022, 08:41 PM
(01-10-2022, 05:28 PM)W. Knight Wrote: Probably best to put it here.
First blood of the BBC cutbacks: World radio output, specifically Persian, Arabian, Hindi and Chinese languages.
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A sad one for me, as a listener of the weekend Cantonese podcast. It was hard to find (relatively) impartial news reporting from where I live, after what happened in recent years, and its closure means one less option to listen to.
It is a shame. In this statement, the BBC acknowledges "we are in tough financial circumstances and have had to make difficult decisions."
Perhaps the most stark reminder that this is all caused by the Government's repeated withdrawals of funding from the BBC.
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