![]() Last week, while all eyes were on the future of the chairman, the Commons public accounts committee (PAC) published a short paper on the funding issues facing the BBC. After all, she or he has to have the confidence of the board in order to be effective.īut although this is important, a debate about the future of the BBC, its future role and its funding should also be taking place. And second, the board of the BBC should be asked to approve the proposed candidate alongside the MPs on the Department for Culture, Media and Sport select committee. The makeup of the panel supervising the appointment of the new chair should be made public along with its members’ political allegiances, if any. At the moment the government is carrying out the midterm review of the way the BBC is governed and regulated. ![]() ![]() The perception of the BBC’s editorial independence is as important as the reality of it. Of course it was right in the past few months for attention to have concentrated on the future of the former chair of the BBC, Richard Sharp. ![]()
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