Journalist Carrie Gracie speaks to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London after turning down what she described as a botched solution to the problem of unequal pay at the BBC. Dominic Lipinski/Press Association. All rights reserved. 14 September 2017 was not a good day for the BBC. In the morning, Ofcom released its first Diversity Monitoring Report. Ofcom said:
“As the UK’s largest broadcaster, the BBC’s position on diversity is likely to have a disproportionate effect on the wider industry. The BBC should be leading the way, but today’s report shows its performance on most characteristics is behind that of Channel 4.”
In the afternoon, Karen Bradley, the DCMS Secretary of State, told the Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention:
