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Yet the “big lie” from the BBC Trust – carefully not contradicted by BBC Corporate – prevails amongst media commentators. Enders Analysis issued its “red alert” warning. Media editors at the Telegraph and the Guardian – and even the ultra-reliable Roger Bolton on Radio 4’s Feedback programme – persist in claiming that the BBC needs to find somewhere
Our Beeb has recently published the full text of Tony Hall’s speech in Cardiff about BBC creativity and independence. It’s always good to see a top executive paying tribute to the creative teams in his organisation, but his remarks on independence seemed to me particularly dotty.