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To: LindyBill who wrote (26739)	1/28/2004 2:40:19 PM
From: gamesmistress	Respond to of 793925

The BBC reporters blog is fascinating. Quite a lot of the old "stiff upper lip", with the exception of the reporter holding onto the Hutton Report like "a comfort blanket." :-) The reality is sinking in for some of them now: Mark Mardell :: BBC Television Centre :: 1750GMT This is total victory for the government. I don't think any of us who sat through that inquiry were in any doubt that the BBC would come in for heavy criticism, but most of us thought that Government would be criticised too and that Geoff Hoon would be forced to resign. That clearly is not going to happen. But the Government can reap many benefits from this. They now believe they can draw a total line under all this. I think it leaves the BBC in a bit of chaos. I think it's very difficult, from what I've been hearing up at the management centre, a bit of meltdown there, not quite sure where they're going. Obviously badly damaged, obviously deciding whether there will be any more resignations. This tells you exactly where the BBC was coming from: Nick Higham :: BBC Broadcasting House :: 1910GMT ...What has surprised everybody today is that the Government got away with virtually a clean bill of health. So all the focus has turned onto the BBC, which has been left looking terribly exposed.