The BBC’s begging bowl
If you want to assure the BBC’s future, the best way is not to give it more public money but to give it less
THE BBC occupies the same sort of place in Britain's national consciousness as the royal family. Hardly anybody wants to get rid of it, but nobody would invent it if it didn't exist, and it looks increasingly out of place.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “The BBC’s begging bowl”
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