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T Faulkner's avatar

The only way to guarantee its independence is to remove Govt appointees and the right to appoint the board or chairman and also remove its hegemony over the licence fee.

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Jacky Smith's avatar

It's not just the BBC, though, is it?

The Electoral Commission has been undermined to the point where it's almost useless.

"Mainstream media" is largely under the thumb of oligarchs, many of whom have no interest in maintaining anything like democracy in the UK.

It's so ironic that a sports commentator / former footballer has done more than any current politician to create an atmosphere where it's conceivable that BBC news might just be restored to some sort of credibility, and that the politically appointed "leadership" might some day be replaced by genuinely impartial & properly qualified people.

Bring on Leveson 2 - and make sure it covers the BBC.

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