Murdoch's campaign against the BBC continues in today's shoddy reporting
The Sun has revealed the cost to taxpayers of car allowance for 327 senior managers at the BBC.
The paper reports today that ‘the broadcaster spent almost £1.7million on managers’ driving perks over the last financial year’, which they say amounts to £32,000 a week.
What the story leaves out, however, is that spending on this ‘perk’ of a company car for managers has actually decreased since the previous year.
The BBC spent £1,678,207 in the financial year to March 31, as against £2,026,680 the year before – a drop of £348,473.
The Sun also neglects to mention that the car scheme was dropped three years ago (2012) so that no staff hired since then have had a company car.
As a spokesman for the BBC told the Yorkshire Post:
“Car allowances were stopped three years ago for all new managers. This is reflected in the fact the cost and number of those eligible to receive it has fallen by over a third.”
What the Sun does include, though, is a comment from Tory MP Andrew Bridgen, who has campaigned against the BBC licence fee.
We can expect more of this shady reporting about the BBC ahead of charter renewal, as the Sun’s proprietor Rupert Murdoch lobbies to cripple the state broadcaster. (It’s even rumoured that another BSkyB bid is in the offing…)
Keep an eye on MediaWatch for the latest.
Adam Barnett is a staff writer at Left Foot Forward. Follow MediaWatch on Twitter
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21 Responses to “The Sun slams BBC for bosses’ car allowance…which has dropped by over a third”
GhostofJimMorisson
I said it last week and I’ll say it again: since the election all LFF seems to have produced is feeble anti Mail/Express/Sun/Murdoch articles.
blarg1987
It is not anti the above, just making sure that we do not move towards a society where the media is controlled by a handful of individuals and their sponsors that focus on stories to further their sponsors and policies rather then reporting the news so we can make an informed decision.
Torybushhug
Ok an example of left wing bias is found throughout the BBC comedy scene. For example on Radio 4 (which I adore), almost all comedic appearances are full on lefties. The likes of Brigstock, Toksvig, Mark Hamilton, Mark Steel and many more.
This is indicative of the more subtle ways left wing bias is embedded in the fabric.
Another example is The Big Questions on BBC1 Sundays. Overwhelmingly the audience and speakers have a left wing bent. For example pious lefty Vicars and Bishops all too happy to castigate capitalism and yet no one asks why then does the COE pension fund boast of it’s over target profit hunting returns all off the back of the workers these Puritans that to be on the side of.
Gavin Curnow
“pious lefty Vicars and Bishops” ha ha
Also people on the right just don’t have a sense of humour – that’s why you don’t see many comedians. Obvious when you think about it
Torybushhug
Areas such as education have been cornered by the left at all levels for decades, why your sudden concern for bias in the system? Us righties have long had to lump it. The left has long claimed the moral high ground and made the rest of us feel somehow dirty for daring to question it’s bland naïve orthodoxy.