The BBC, everyone seems to agree, is in crisis. Its Director General has resigned after less than 8 weeks in the job, its most distinguished current affairs programme may be shut down in shame, and there is talk of the BBC itself being slimmed down, even broken up. But of what exactly does the crisis consist? And what is to be done about it? At the heart of the current debate about the BBC are three issues that constantly get conflated. […]

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