The BBC today said it will review the effectiveness of its editorial policies and governance “in detail” after the culture secretary accused the broadcaster of having a “we know best attitude” in the wake of the Martin Bashir scandal.
Oliver Dowden says that the BBC is guilty of “groupthink” and needs to “project British values” if it is to survive competition from the streaming giants Netflix and Amazon. Writing in The Times, he calls for deep change to ensure that it stays in tune with “all parts of the nation it serves”, saying that the scandal has “exposed failures that strike at the heart of our national broadcaster’s values and culture”.
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