Thursday, January 29, 2004
Now Greg Dyke's quit as well. With the news that the Government has changed it's mind and the Hutton Report will give it the excuse it needs to make the sorts of changes to the BBC's charter that could cripple it's ability to report in a way that displeased the Government of the day, or they could just sell it lock, stock and barrel to Murdoch, it's an intensely worrying time for BBC supporters. There is some support lurking around for the BBC but whether it's enough to stop Tony Blair getting medieval on their collective 'ass' remains to be seen.