Re: This Is Why The Americans Win
The BBC is increasingly being prevented not only from looking outwards from the UK though, but also to reign in it's ambitions within the UK.
This week we've seen the closure of the travel, local news, youth news and food websites, all well used (and defended) services*. This is a direct result of too much government meddling - firstly by specifiying in too much detail where the BBC budget should be spent, secondly by demanding the BBC stops trying to compete with their commercial opposition. Unless the BBC is freed up to do as it, and it's audience, want, there's no chance of it growing it's balls back. Instead the pieces are being placed for a breakup and sale when it's decreed that it no longer justifies any Licence Fee because it's not making what the audience want and use.
* Strange there was nothing mentioned about these closures on this site, even if it was another Orlowski Licence Fee bashing...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
