Jolly important stuff
08/12/04 12:37 Media
issues
Of course in my area, the media, the BBC is
important. Even so, I can't help but wonder at the
wisdom yesterday of putting the Corporation's
restructure at the head of the news in the morning -
when the Northern Ireland talks were in danger of
collapsing, when soldiers were getting killed in Iraq
- is this another sign of the media assuming everyone
else is interested in its internal meanderings? I
think it is. Over the last year we've had the
resignation of Greg Dyke and his chairman, all very
public, the appointment of Mike Jackson and Michael
Grade - once more, thrust right into the public eye,
the high-profile sacking of Piers Morgan and now
this.
Does any other industry merit this sort of public scrutiny? Come to think of it, if the headline writers weren't employed in it, would this?
Does any other industry merit this sort of public scrutiny? Come to think of it, if the headline writers weren't employed in it, would this?
|