Panorama jobs under threat
BBC brings back wrong Guy to News 24
Today's news of further planned cuts to the BBC's current affairs department comes mere days after probably the most embarrassing incident to have ever affected BBC News. Could these behind-the-scenes cutbacks be related to these on-screen mistakes in any way?
The answer is likely to be true. Getting rid of experienced and highly-paid reporters and researchers is a false economy which will lead to fewer and less experienced staff (who are otherwise intelligent) making fundamental mistakes when placed under intense pressure, which presumably resulted in a job interviewee being mistaken for a well-known technology journalist.
We are reassured that these cuts are only taking place to make the BBC better value for money, but there has been more than one recent instance of BBC News 24 making basic mistakes which seems to suggest that the remaining staff are finding it difficult to perform their jobs properly as a result of these cutbacks.
It's most ironic that an alleged mistake in BBC News reporting cost Greg Dyke his job but has been replaced by a regime which theoretically could end up destroying the whole credibility of BBC News as a consequence.
