91Èȱ¬ in the news, Thursday
| 10:33 UK time, Thursday, 7 December 2006
Mirror: Fake tickets for Strictly Come Dancing have been sold.
Sun: John Simpson criticises Michael Grade for leaving the 91Èȱ¬. (No link)
Daily Mail: 91Èȱ¬ Breakfast responds to viewers calls for Christmas decorations, quoting David Kermode. (No link)
Daily Telegraph and others: General Sir Mike Jackson gives the Dimbleby lecture.
Guardian: Review of the Generation Next season.
Guardian: Timothy Garton Ash says a low licence fee settlement has dangers for the 91Èȱ¬.
Comments
The 91Èȱ¬ licence fee is remarkably cheap for all it provides: its cost is ,surprisingly, much less than that of a broadband connection. Future intake should at least cover inflation plus the cost of technical advances and innovation. In my opinion the excess of the cost of living over inflation should also be provided.
I hope that it is fortunate in its advocates. Reference to Trident and other politically sensitive expenditure does not help. There are many 91Èȱ¬ supporters who would have no hesitation in putting an effective deterrent first.