07-04-2023, 02:30 PM
(07-04-2023, 02:05 PM)Radio_man Wrote:With respect… you are blinded by partisan politics. Conventional media is dying. The viewer base is shrinking the money tree is rotting in the ground. The number of people who are required to pay the license fee is declining and you cannot force people to pay for something they do not use. Cuts would be happening regardless of whatever party was in government.(07-04-2023, 01:30 PM)Newsroom Wrote: Respectfully, you are missing my point. The entire process has been executed with extraordinary chaos and mismanagement.It's no coincidence that the decision to merge World News and the News Channel was taken by a DG who is a fully paid up member of the Conservative party.
I am fully aware of the figures outlined by Keith and and I am also fully aware of the feelings of the current govt, however, the current people (plural) running the show are not fit for purpose!
For the record, hell would freeze over before I ever vote for the party currently in charge!
I've read that merging the the two channels has been proposed numerous times in recent years, including most recently under the last DG Tony Hall, but he blocked the proposal.
Then a DG and a Chairman, who are both fully paid up Tories and were appointed by the most anti-BBC government in recent times come along (along with the likes of Robbie Gibb being appointed to the BBC board), and the merger goes through in less than a year. Along with eye watering funding cuts, none of this is a coincidence.