Post by Teddy Bear on Jan 31, 2011 14:59:50 GMT
Bear in mind this international conference is to 'count the cost of the worst economic crisis since the Thirties'. This should be a reminder to the BBC to be mindful not to be extravagant as is their norm, and as they have assured the public to 'give value for money'.
Sky sent one reporter, and ITV sent 3, the BBC felt it was value for money to send 36 to this ski resort, and instead of putting them up at the not so luxurious conference centre, they selected the 'luxurious new Holland House Hotel, complete with spa and health centre'.
The BBC justify their action because of the need to provide material for TV, Radio, and Online services. Since the source for this material is the same for all 3, I can only wonder why, like Sky, the BBC can't just send the barest minimum necessary to gather this material and make it available to the various departments back in the UK. It surely doesn't sound like 'value for money' to send 36 staff there for what is in truth a glorified holiday, and that's without going into the 'green' issues that the BBC pretend to be concerned about.
The article also mentions the BBC sending a staff of 20 to South Africa last week to cover Nelson Mandela being hospitalized. In fact, he was discharged before some of this team even arrived.
Yet they have no shame asking to divert some of the money that is given to aid starving populations in Africa to support their World Service instead.
Value for money? Any amount given to these insidious scum is too much.
Sky sent one reporter, and ITV sent 3, the BBC felt it was value for money to send 36 to this ski resort, and instead of putting them up at the not so luxurious conference centre, they selected the 'luxurious new Holland House Hotel, complete with spa and health centre'.
The BBC justify their action because of the need to provide material for TV, Radio, and Online services. Since the source for this material is the same for all 3, I can only wonder why, like Sky, the BBC can't just send the barest minimum necessary to gather this material and make it available to the various departments back in the UK. It surely doesn't sound like 'value for money' to send 36 staff there for what is in truth a glorified holiday, and that's without going into the 'green' issues that the BBC pretend to be concerned about.
The article also mentions the BBC sending a staff of 20 to South Africa last week to cover Nelson Mandela being hospitalized. In fact, he was discharged before some of this team even arrived.
Yet they have no shame asking to divert some of the money that is given to aid starving populations in Africa to support their World Service instead.
Value for money? Any amount given to these insidious scum is too much.
How an army of BBC staff sloped off to Davos
By Andrew Pierce
Last updated at 8:54 AM on 31st January 2011
For the past couple of years, business and political leaders have gathered in the picture-perfect ski resort of Davos in Switzerland to count the cost of the worst economic crisis since the Thirties.
This week, the atmosphere at the Davos Economic Forum has been conspicuously more low-key than in the past.
Not so at the BBC, which last week triggered outrage when it axed 650 jobs at the World Service and shut down five foreign-language services to save £46 million.
The BBC blamed the Government. Ministers blamed the BBC.
Yet the Beeb, which insists it always looks for value for money, sent no fewer than 36 staff to cover the Forum. Sky sent one reporter, and ITV a grand total of three staff.
While most hacks slummed it in the ice-cold conference centre, the Corporation hired space at the luxurious new Holland House Hotel, complete with spa and health centre.
The BBC line-up included economics editor Stephanie Flanders, business editor Robert Peston, Evan Davis, the Today programme presenter, Bridget Kendall, the diplomatic correspondent, and Jon Sopel, who presented The Politics Show from Davos.
At least he had George Osborne, the Chancellor, on the programme.
A BBC spokesman says: ‘The team has been carefully monitored to ensure value for money and they were reporting for a wide range of BBC outlets on television, radio and online.’
Osborne, the architect of the public spending cuts, was not impressed and was overheard saying: ‘The BBC has legions of people. Hundreds. They’re everywhere.’
The Beeb also spared no expense when it sent 20 staff to South Africa, some overnight in business class, last week to report what was feared to be the impending death of Nelson Mandela.
The great man is not just still alive and well, but was discharged from hospital before some of the hapless hacks even arrived.
By Andrew Pierce
Last updated at 8:54 AM on 31st January 2011
For the past couple of years, business and political leaders have gathered in the picture-perfect ski resort of Davos in Switzerland to count the cost of the worst economic crisis since the Thirties.
This week, the atmosphere at the Davos Economic Forum has been conspicuously more low-key than in the past.
Not so at the BBC, which last week triggered outrage when it axed 650 jobs at the World Service and shut down five foreign-language services to save £46 million.
The BBC blamed the Government. Ministers blamed the BBC.
Yet the Beeb, which insists it always looks for value for money, sent no fewer than 36 staff to cover the Forum. Sky sent one reporter, and ITV a grand total of three staff.
While most hacks slummed it in the ice-cold conference centre, the Corporation hired space at the luxurious new Holland House Hotel, complete with spa and health centre.
The BBC line-up included economics editor Stephanie Flanders, business editor Robert Peston, Evan Davis, the Today programme presenter, Bridget Kendall, the diplomatic correspondent, and Jon Sopel, who presented The Politics Show from Davos.
At least he had George Osborne, the Chancellor, on the programme.
A BBC spokesman says: ‘The team has been carefully monitored to ensure value for money and they were reporting for a wide range of BBC outlets on television, radio and online.’
Osborne, the architect of the public spending cuts, was not impressed and was overheard saying: ‘The BBC has legions of people. Hundreds. They’re everywhere.’
The Beeb also spared no expense when it sent 20 staff to South Africa, some overnight in business class, last week to report what was feared to be the impending death of Nelson Mandela.
The great man is not just still alive and well, but was discharged from hospital before some of the hapless hacks even arrived.