hrm, looks like there are some checks and balances there; they are appointed by the Queen and responsible to Parliament. Is Blair running a minority government I wonder? Probably right now we are at the stage of the reporter and editor standing by the story and being held to account by the governors. Still, be interesting to see what happens when government and government-run media collide. On the whole I think I have faith....if they were going to hush it up they would have done so by now.
Dana Jim Davis writes: > I'm probably wrong, but I thought that the BBC had been privatized. > > In fact I am wrong. From www.bbc.co.uk: > > "The BBC is run in the interests of its viewers and listeners. Twelve > governors act as trustees of the public interest and regulate the BBC. They > are appointed by the Queen on advice from ministers." > > Here's the link: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/running/ > > Jim Davis > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 4:37 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: the right loses patience? > > > > By the way, I saw that Blair is accusing the BBC of lying when it says his > > administration lied about WMD :) Interesting situation. I have a sinking > > feeling that the BBC is bound to lose though; what's the situation there? > > Are the people who run it appointed by the prime minister, the Queen, or > > what? They wouldn't be elected... would they? DO they have a definite term > > or do they serve at the pleasure of whoever appointed them? Just curious > > :) > > > > Dana > > > > Adam Reynolds writes: > > > > > To be honest, tough cookie. The US/UK whent in on trumped up WMD > > > information, won and must now deal with the aftermath. They cannot just > > > 'leave'. > > > > > > All part of good customer service :P > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: 29 June 2003 17:16 > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: the right loses patience? > > > > > > > > > > > > wow... pat buchanan weighs in. > > > > > > > > http://www.washingtondispatch.com/article_5945.shtml > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > But I don't make films > > > > But if I did they'd have a samurai - Bare Naked Ladies > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
