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Public-ownership activists will fight for BBC’s survival
THE government yesterday faced increasing opposition to its planned overhaul of the BBC as a new campaign to defend the broadcaster was announced.
The “It’s Our BBC” campaign follows reports in The Times that the government is plotting to scrap television licence fees, a move which could force the broadcaster to sell off most of its radio stations.
Campaign organiser We Own It warned that the plans would reduce the BBC to “little more than a Fox-style news broadcaster.”
The group will launch the campaign next Monday, March 9, outside Broadcasting House in London with a symbolic game of “whack-a-mole.”
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