The curse of SNL strikes again!
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Government considering dismantling BBC
Sun Feb 15, 4:01 AM ET
LONDON (AFP) - The government is considering a plan to break up the BBC and
remove its independent status in the wake of a bitter row with the
state-funded broadcaster over the Iraq (news - web sites) war, a report
said.
Government papers detailing possible changes to the BBC's structure proposed
breaking it into separate regional entities for England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland, The Sunday Times said.
The documents, which the newspaper said had been drawn up by "senior civil
servants", also suggested that the job of ensuring the BBC's impartiality
could be taken away from the corporation's board of governors.
The BBC, which is independently run despite being financed by public money
through a compulsory television licence, is currently facing perhaps the
worst breakdown in relations with the government in its 82-year history.
The dispute came after a BBC radio report alleged in May last year that
Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites)'s government deliberately
exaggerated the threat posed by Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction
in a pre-war dossier.
Government weapons expert David Kelly was later identified as the anonymous
source of the charge. Kelly killed himself soon afterwards.
An inquiry into Kelly's death, led by judge Lord Brian Hutton, concluded
last month that the BBC's story had been "unfounded", a verdict which forced
the corporation to apologise, with the corporation's chairman and director
general resigning.
According to The Sunday Times, the new plans for the BBC will bring
accusations that "the government is gearing up to exploit the fall-out from
the Hutton inquiry".
Plans being considered include giving a government media watchdog greater
control over the BBC's output, closing BBC outlets which are not considered
"public service" and even forcing the corporation to share some of its
licence fee revenue with other broadcasters.
Such a move would most likely prompt public concern, given that the BBC is
still generally revered in Britain for being impartial and accurate.
Opinion polls after the Hutton inquiry was published showed that many people
considered its verdict a "whitewash", and that they trusted the BBC far more
than they did Blair and his ministers.
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