29-11-2023, 04:33 PM
We knew most of this before. The Newsnight situation is depressing and unwise - I said it when it was first discussed; I still think that now.
Also depressing and predictable is reduction in BBC Two documentaries and cutting of Our World - this continues the decline in the priority of the News channel.
Perhaps more interesting is the new "investigative department". I can see that management would want to get more out of Newsnight's investigations - making them organisation-wide might help.
Overall it's an announcements of cuts, but they've gone some way to make it a bit more palatable, at least (if we're trying to be optimistic).
Also depressing and predictable is reduction in BBC Two documentaries and cutting of Our World - this continues the decline in the priority of the News channel.
Perhaps more interesting is the new "investigative department". I can see that management would want to get more out of Newsnight's investigations - making them organisation-wide might help.
Overall it's an announcements of cuts, but they've gone some way to make it a bit more palatable, at least (if we're trying to be optimistic).