Patrick Barwise - The War Against The BBC
Season 1, Episode 67, Dec 10, 2020, 11:40 AM
Has the BBC become too big, losing sight of its original purpose, to inform, educate and entertain, paying its execs and talent too much for the general public to stomach, losing younger viewers and listeners to new platforms and social media?
Or is it just time for us to accept that all great things must come to an end…?
For years the BBC has lost battles with right wing lobbyists, free market economists and competitors who frame the corporation as biased, bloated, elite and out of touch with the people who pay for it to exist.
In The War Against The BBC, London Business School Professor and "critical friend" of the corporation Patrick Barwise traces a line of anti-auntie gunpowder back to a surprisingly small but powerful and determined cabal of lobbyists and politicians linked to media and business interests in the UK and America.
In The War Against The BBC, London Business School Professor and "critical friend" of the corporation Patrick Barwise traces a line of anti-auntie gunpowder back to a surprisingly small but powerful and determined cabal of lobbyists and politicians linked to media and business interests in the UK and America.