The BBC is adept at turning minor crises into major ones (Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage, 9 November). Thanks to a cumbersome, top-heavy structure, in the event of a crisis, inertia rapidly sets in as warring factions fail to agree action, thus losing control of it altogether as it spills out into the wider media.
Layers of editorial oversight also undermine trust and infantilise those whose judgment matters most, the programme makers.
