The BBC isn't government run (as far as I can recall). I think the governer of the BBC is chosen by the government. Not sure on this, but I think candidates for the job are chosen on skill and experience, not on political leaning. The BBC prides itself on its independence. Which is why this has been thrown up as a critical issue. The BBC feel the government did 'sex' up the dossier, and the Government says it didn't. They have an independent comittee reporting on this today(I think).
As to the funding, if you own a TV(or VCR) in the UK, you have to pay a yearly licence fee. This goes directly to the BBC. Its worth it not to receive adverts every 5-7 minutes. :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 June 2003 22:01 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: the right loses patience? > > > 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
