01-02-2024, 10:43 PM
(01-02-2024, 09:04 PM)DTV Wrote: At most, you're talking about less than 0.02% of the BBC licence income. A few hundred k in a news operation whose overall budget is close to half-a-billion.
Or to put it another way, hundreds of thousands of pounds that could have been used elsewhere in the news operation or to fund at least a dozen journalists in cut-hit local radio whose audience is falling off a cliff based on today’s RAJAR figures.
I’m prepared to defend the BBC on most things but this was a pretty alarming waste of public money and the perfect cannon fodder for the likes of the Mail who - for once - would probably have a case to bash the Beeb if they fancy writing it up.
Just as importantly this whole saga’s been deeply unfair for the presenters involved whose careers have arguably been tarnished just because they had to see out a process that should have ended months ago.