whether it s launching new services on a whim without really checking whether they re filling a commercial need, or outbidding the commercial sector for massive amounts of sports content on radio. in television, they ve opted out of doing that, but in radio they re still doing that, and just spending money in a way that we can t compete with. joeyjones sorry to interrupt, phil, but, joey, if ijust bring you in, you know, you looked at bbc funding, i think, when you were in government is axing the licence fee by 2028 a realistic possibility, do you think? actually, the period i looked at it was when i was supporting the dcms select committee as a specialist adviser during their inquiry into the wider public service broadcasting landscape. and, of course, they did havejohn whittingdale in front of them at that time answering questions. and i think that. i mean, i went into that inquiry thinking, yes, why doesn t the bbc have the courage of its convictions around some of its great con
now on bbc news. it s time for the media show. hello. can a savvy media strategy save borisjohnson? headline grabbing policies are being rolled out this week in what s been dubbed operation red meat. but is there really such an operation? we re also looking at the apparently cosy relationship between those in government who set policy and the media, which is supposed to hold them to account. and we re asking what the new bbc licence fee deal means for the industry at large. let me introduce you to my guests. first, joeyjones was spokesman for theresa may when she was home secretary. before that, he was a deputy political editor at sky news. helen lewis writes for the atlantic. laura hughes is political correspondent for the financial times. and phil riley is the chief executive of boom radio and has had a long career in commercial radio, including running chrysalis and overseeing its sale to global. and, phil, we ll be talking a lot in the
in a contract that they have with the population, if you like, through their ofcom contract and that needs to be enforced. and the other element you ve said, katie is the bbc is extraordinarily well funded compared to the commercial sector. and i think one of our concerns has always been that they appear to be so well funded that they can then go and do things which are simply not possible for us to compete with whether it s launching new services on a whim without really checking whether they re filling a commercial need, or outbidding the commercial sector for massive amounts of sports content on radio. in television, they ve opted out of doing that, but in radio they re still doing that, and just spending money in a way that we can t compete with. joeyjones sorry to interrupt, phil, but, joey, if ijust bring you in, you know, you looked at bbc funding, i think, when you were in government is axing the licence fee by 2028 a realistic possibility, do you think? actually, the
joeyjones what s your assessment about whether boris johnson has lost the support of the telegraph? well, there was a period before christmas, so i think it was around a leg of allegra stratton resignation and the leak to itv news of that test, resignation and the leak| to itv news of that test, if you like press - conference when both the telegraph and the sun was studiously looking the other i way, they ignored the story around that period. - and i think that the difficulty for for for| those two publications and for others that might be temptedj to go down that route - because they have, if you like their man in downing street, somebody. that they they become closely associated - with and where there s a sort of mutually reinforcing - backslapping relationship- between the news publication and and in this case, the prime minister is if they end up not. writing a story that everybody else - can see right in- front of their noses is a really important issue. it damages their credibili
time for the media show. hello. can a savvy media strategy save borisjohnson? headline grabbing policies are being rolled out this week in what s been dubbed operation red meat. but is there really such an operation? we re also looking at the apparently cosy relationship between those in government who set policy, and the media, which is supposed to hold them to account. and we re asking what the new bbc licence fee deal means for the industry at large. let me introduce you to my guests. joeyjones was spokesman for theresa may when she was home secretary. before that, he was a deputy political editor at sky news. helen lewis writes for the atlantic. laura hughes, political correspondent for the financial times. and phil riley is the chief executive of boom radio and has had a long career in commercial radio, including running