
Read this: The BBC: safeguarding the nation's values - Editorial - Comment is free - The Guardian

Summary: When Mark Thompson became the BBC's 14th director general in 2004 it was not certain that there would be a 15th. The Conservatives, meanwhile, had fallen out of love with the BBC long ago. The Murdoch empire's guns were bombarding the corporation at every turn in a remorseless attempt to end the licence fee and break public service broadcasting. - guardian.co.uk
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