Title: Government
under fire over alleged BBC licence fee talks with News Corp
Summary:
This article is about how the
government has been urged to look again at the BBC's funding and reveal the
extent to which it was discussed with News Corporation before last year's shotgun
licence fee settlement. The MP John McDonnell has claimed that there were "undue
influences from the Murdoch Empire"
Facts/Phrases:
Ø McDonnell
said James Murdoch, the under-fire deputy chief operating officer at News
Corporation, had made it "quite clear" that he wanted a reduced
licence fee so that News Corporation could "exploit and develop their
own empire at the expense of the BBC".
Ø MPs
accused him of being "light-hearted" about their concerns for local
radio – Vaizey used one reply to come up with a jingle for BBC Radio Oxford –
and former Labour culture minister Ben Bradshaw said he was acting like a
cheerleader for the corporation.
Opinion:
In my opinion, this article is about
the license fee that the BBC has the rights to and how it may come to sharing
it, or making a deal with News Corporation.
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