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Readers on the funding threat faced by public service broadcasting under the Tories
Ever since that craggy low churchman John Reith launched the British Broadcasting Company nearly 100 years ago, prime ministers and their advisers from the left and the right have wanted to destroy or control it: Stanley Baldwin, Winston Churchill, Harold Wilson, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, and – now it appears – the Boris and Dominic show. The corporation must be doing something right.
The truth is that, with all its faults, the BBC as a producer of investigative political journalism, cultural riches and socially responsible campaigns is unmatched by any broadcasting service anywhere. It is often the only reliable source of information at times of crisis, and turned to by people all over the world who want to know what’s really going on. And to be moved by extraordinary music, drama and documentaries. Continue reading...