Post by Teddy Bear on Nov 12, 2012 22:18:49 GMT
Imagine the scene, with the crisis in full swing at the BBC, and the outcry following Entwistle's departure and receiving a £1.32M payout, some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to hire a helicopter at £1500 per hour to fly above their HQ.
This is what the BBC calls 'creativity'.
This is why the licence fee funding for this stupid arrogant ignorant propaganda machine must be terminated.
Nero fiddled - the BBC sends up a helicopter
This is what the BBC calls 'creativity'.
This is why the licence fee funding for this stupid arrogant ignorant propaganda machine must be terminated.
Nero fiddled - the BBC sends up a helicopter
Crisis-hit BBC spends TV licence money on £1500-an-hour helicopter to cover comings and goings at its OWN HQ
The BBC faced fresh accusations of profligacy with licence fee money after it emerged it is using a helicopter to circle its own building to cover its management crisis.
It is claimed the corporation spent as much as £1,500 an hour to hire the helicopter to take aerial footage of its lavish headquarters in central London.
Viewers and staff were astonished to see it flying in the skies above Broadcasting House as part of the BBC's coverage of the breakdown of its own senior team and unhappiness at the former director-general George Entwistle's £450,000 pay-off.
Many took to Twitter to voice their unhappiness at the waste of licence fee money.
Former BBC DJ Mike Smith claimed: 'BBC News now have a live helicopter up at £1500 an hour. Filming the BBC. Bizarre.'
Irish Times and Evening Herald journalist Eoin Butler said: 'BBC News have reporters outside, helicopters hovering above Broadcasting House. Aren't their own studios inside the building?'
Richard Jones added: 'The BBC must have oodles of cash to burn that they've a news helicopter giving us live pictures of New Broadcasting House. Why?'
Mr Smith runs his own aerial Helicopter Filming company and has been used by the BBC previously, but said in this instance it was not using one of his fleet.
A spokesman for the BBC said the news division shared the cost and access to the helicopter for top stories with other broadcasters.
- Chopper circles BBC HQ to cover managerial crisis
- Cost of helicopter sparks concern as former chief gets £450,000 pay-off
The BBC faced fresh accusations of profligacy with licence fee money after it emerged it is using a helicopter to circle its own building to cover its management crisis.
It is claimed the corporation spent as much as £1,500 an hour to hire the helicopter to take aerial footage of its lavish headquarters in central London.
Viewers and staff were astonished to see it flying in the skies above Broadcasting House as part of the BBC's coverage of the breakdown of its own senior team and unhappiness at the former director-general George Entwistle's £450,000 pay-off.
Many took to Twitter to voice their unhappiness at the waste of licence fee money.
Former BBC DJ Mike Smith claimed: 'BBC News now have a live helicopter up at £1500 an hour. Filming the BBC. Bizarre.'
Irish Times and Evening Herald journalist Eoin Butler said: 'BBC News have reporters outside, helicopters hovering above Broadcasting House. Aren't their own studios inside the building?'
Richard Jones added: 'The BBC must have oodles of cash to burn that they've a news helicopter giving us live pictures of New Broadcasting House. Why?'
Mr Smith runs his own aerial Helicopter Filming company and has been used by the BBC previously, but said in this instance it was not using one of his fleet.
A spokesman for the BBC said the news division shared the cost and access to the helicopter for top stories with other broadcasters.