Criticism of the BBC

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The True Nature of the BBC

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In this modern age, you would expect immense, governing entertainment corporations such as the BBC to give its employees a decent wage or to set an example on good wages. But the BBC it seems chooses to spend its money on “talent” otherwise known as celebrities of the highest standard than actually improving the quality of their TV programmes or the wages of their “lesser” employees.

   As covered by Terence Blacker in the Independent, who highlights the faults of the British corporation, the BBC, describing them as having “an inconsistent, almost dysfunctional attitude towards money”. I cannot help but agree with the writer’s point of view as recent reports into the spending of the BBC show that employees working even in mid-management receive a very low wage, near the average UK wage. In the article Terrence continues to outline the bad form of the business towards their employees as any employee who complains can be easily replaced. “They know where they can go. There are plenty to others to their place”.

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   The journalist also points out according to the report, the worrying part is where the wage rules change, at the very top level of the BBC. Normal wages for employees are publicly known however the wages of top celebrities of the BBC are kept secret despite the BBC being a publicly funded company.

   The journalist also says there are occasional pieces of information that have leaked out during the years including the huge amounts of money paid to employees like Jonathan Ross. The BBC seems to separate the celebrities and the civilians in contrast to the country that ...

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