{"id":130352,"date":"2020-02-02T00:04:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T23:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/02\/02\/hostile-politicians-cuts-and-controversy-why-the-bbc-has-never-been-so-vulnerable\/"},"modified":"2020-02-02T00:04:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T23:04:26","slug":"hostile-politicians-cuts-and-controversy-why-the-bbc-has-never-been-so-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=130352","title":{"rendered":"Hostile politicians, cuts and controversy: why the BBC has never been so vulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a shocking week for the broadcaster, what are the issues it must tackle to keep its place in the nation\u2019s cultural landscape?In his eye-catching pitch for his new job as chair of the powerful parliamentary group that monitors the BBC, Julian Knight, MP for Solihull, promised, among other things, to run the culture, media and sport select committee, as an \u201cunofficial \u2018Royal Commission\u2019 on the future of the corporation\u201d.Last Thursday, a victorious Knight swiftly underlined his plan to \u201cask difficult questions about the BBC\u2019s future funding model\u201d. He also applauded a suggestion from fellow MP James Cartlidge that a more commercial BBC could become \u201ca top export service\u201d. These words sent a renewed January chill down the corridors of New Broadcasting House. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2020\/feb\/01\/bbc-attack-politicians-new-technology-survival-strategy\" target=\"_blank\">Hostile politicians, cuts and controversy: why the BBC has never been so vulnerable<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a shocking week for the broadcaster, what are the issues it must tackle to keep its place in the nation\u2019s cultural landscape?In his eye-catching pitch for his new job as chair of the powerful parliamentary group that monitors the BBC, Julian Knight, MP for Solihull, promised, among other things, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}