Record fine over BBC's phone-ins says the BBC's report about itself.
Read the whole story if you like, but I wouldn't bother. It details how the programmes affected are being individually fined.
It's bonkers. Absolutely bonkers. OFCOM isn't fining the BBC. It's fining us. We pay for the bloody thing.
As for the people responsible; here's how they've been punished for running an organisation which systematically defrauded the public:
The BBC has defended pay rises of up to £107,000 each for executive directors saying it must offer competitive salaries for top jobs.
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David
July 30th, 2008 1:30pm"We pay for the bloody thing. "
Yeah, that applies to everything.
THX1138
July 30th, 2008 5:49pmWell at least the BBC internet site works unlike the Speccie.
Glad you guys are only talking about free enterprise & free markets & not actually running anything important, it wouldn't last a month.