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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.”
Even when tragedy strikes, Western media cannot resist the opportunity to turn it into a sordid propaganda opportunity, as the Nepal-China border tragedy shows, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR