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07 Jul 2009 03:54 pm
The Trouble With State Media
Matt Welch and Michael C. Moynihan beat up on Ezra Klein. Moynihan:
If Auntie Beeb has avoided sensationalism, as Klein claims, how does he explain the BBC's own
chairman acknowledging that the programming has been significantly "dumbed down" in recent years? In 2002 Gavyn Davies
confessed to
The Independent,
"If the accusation of dumbing down is becoming a frequent and
mainstream attack from people I respect then, yes, I am worried about
it." But it wasn't dumb enough to compete with private channels like
ITV and satellite services like Sky, according to an
internal BBC reportscathing:
"It is with sadness and some anger that they note the 'dumbing down' of
programmes and the over-emphasis on celebrity led, contrived reality
and lifestyle formats." that recommended further sensationalism and mindless reality
programming. A 2008 internal review, which quizzed former employees on
the state of government-run media, was
scathing:
"It is with sadness and some anger that they note the 'dumbing down' of
programmes and the over-emphasis on celebrity led, contrived reality
and lifestyle formats."
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