• Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    ministers meet with BBC guys all the time

    You see that's different because they don't have officially written control over it they just get to decide who's in charge of the board which get to decide who's in managerial positions which get to decide whether or not you have a job. Totally different.

    Back when the BBC Trust existed there were some teeth that kept this kind of thing from being anywhere near the current mess it is, but Cameron dismantled the Trust. Ofcom has nowhere near the teeth the Trust had and the process is reactive rather than proactive, the Trust would independently slap the BBC without being prompted by complaints whereas Ofcom literally does nothing without complaints and even then has extremely limited powers.