26-03-2023, 01:37 AM
(26-03-2023, 12:32 AM)interestednovice Wrote: As an aside, I was listening to BBC World Service on the radio last weekend and they had extensive coverage of Cyclone Freddy.World Service, unlike World News (and now, by extension, joint service), is not commercial and is funded by either licence fee or the Foreign Office grant (it was surely the latter back in the day, but I have a memory that it had changed), so it does not have to cater to US audience.
It is even more curious that recent BBC myopia has only seemingly affected TV and not Radio (although I’m thankful that not all BBC output has gone downhill!). I’m concerned, personally, that it’s a reflection of cutbacks behind the scenes in newsgathering and production. We are getting a poorer journalistic output as a result.
Although I do wonder whether they have any additional revenue from those NPR stations that air the Newshour or simulcast during US overnights.