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To: LindyBill who wrote (100216)	6/5/2003 4:40:23 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Actually the BBC is not government-run - that is the DG's job, and he's chosen by the governors. These are chosen - intermittently - by the government; but appointments are scrutinised, perhaps not to the degree of (say) Supreme Court justices [US Pres. appointees...] but certainly to ensure a balance of views. Governors tend to be 'Establishment' figures, often Oxbridge-educated, often business background... if any bias is likely it would be to the more reactionary right, given this. After writing this, I checked, and it's worse than I thought. bbc.co.uk Recent appointees, ones I remember, include Baroness Sarah Hogg - economic advisor to John Major - and Gavyn Davies, who is Chair, formerly MD of Goldman Sachs International. Others include an ex-Tory MP (PPS to Thatcher) and the chairman of Qinetiq (formerly the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency)... Oh, yes, a hive of socialist views there. I'm sure Lenin would have selected them for their adherence to Marxist doctrine, absolutely.