http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/entwistle-...450000-pay-off

Nice little number for failure considering he's only legally entitled to half of it.
Incl his pension makes it up to a cool 1.3 million quid.

Nice to know that beeb are so liberal with ppls licence fees in addition to handing out multi-million contracts to some of the talentless apologies for entertainers that regularly appear on the screen these days.

Not so long ago it was mentioned that there were well over a hundred BBC employees receiving a cool million quid plus per annum.

Meantime hard-up folk are constantly being threatened and pressurised to cough-up the licence fee or face a prison sentence.

Way past time for a complete clear out and reorganisation surely.
Far to many lefty idiots running the show who think money grows on trees for my liking.

Well considering the BBC is now responsible for the collection of the TV licence money, although they outsourced that to Capita, they should be more careful with their income
However, they are not, even after refusals by Govt to increase licence fees by the amount the BBC wanted. They have made more property mistakes than anyone, more professional mistakes than anyone and yet they still keep giving money away like it grows on trees.

They have wasted money on all sorts of technology ideas whilst squandering the investment they have previously made. Even recent series they paid serious money for they have "lost the tapes", letalone the old stuff. They have been selling off their assets, including money earners, to their friends. They commission work for broadcasting but don't hold the copyright, even though they paid for it.

The BBC is a Luvvies Club, hard to get into but once in you are in for life. And the more of a luvvie the more you get out of it. More like a Ponzi scheme than a broadcaster.
They even suggest that senior members are "employed" via service companies, even Birt was caught out over that when he was DG, and he wasnt liked by the luvvies.

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£450,000 not bad for 54 days work..

Poor old Lord Patten Bet he thought he'd got a right cushy number with lots of lovely lunches. Now he's in the middle of a firestorm and will probably be the next to go.

The BBC's management structure and practices have been behind the times for decades but of course there is no will or incentive to improve them while they can just keep pressing the licence fee 'more' button.

Ah, but he is such a nice man
It isn't his fault
He is protecting someone
He was pushed really
He couldn't defend the business

take your pick and there are probably many others
but as you say, just one of many who sit in the lap of public funded luxury

however, I am still unsure as to his real reasons for running
surely he has more balls than he has shown in the past few days
and after many years involved at all levels in the production of Newsnight
should have had a good handle on what was happening there.

Will they try to bring back Caroline Thompson ? ?

Or do they just need someone who actually watches and listens to the BBC output - many from BES could apply

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A little free market competition might help to bring the beeb into the 21st century, and de-bloat the entire organisation.

But that wouldn't necessarily make it any more ethical. Seems we have a rather serious media ethics problem, which I'd argue has a lot to do with the media's incestuous relationship with politics.

A little "separation of media and state" might go a long ways, and frankly, save the public a few hundred billion in the process.

It would appear that Patten and Entwistle were long time friends/buddies/associates

http://tradingaswdr.blogspot.com.es/...s-his-man.html

THE BBC's director of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell have "stepped aside", according to reports.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...to-step-aside-

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Agreed. Sad thing is I think there are BBC journalists who are pretty ethical and have pretty good track records. Both major political parties complain of bias. Remember Andrew Gilligan and the 'sexed up dossier'? He was right but got hounded out of the BBC by Labour. Works for the Telegraph now.

Its the management of the BBC that needs a real shake up. Too many of them and too many tiers between the first and top level for a sensible accountability and decision making process to work.

Patten says the pay off was fully justified.
Looks like his head could be the next one on the block.

I'd just like to point something out people....

http://tompride.wordpress.com/2012/1...e-allegations/

That was headline news quite a few days ago, but was in itself not sufficient to justify the contents of the Newsnight programme, as has clearly been admitted.

I thought broadcasters, like newspapers, had a room full of legals who approved the content.
By now everyone one on the planet knows that the British Police can't be trusted and that old information trotted out now should be checked and double checked.

R4 Today is saying there will be disciplinary action against those on Newsnight who approved the programme.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20307714

The BBC has never been so eager to provide written proof of their actions


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I watch and have watched Newsnight for many many years. Yes, it's recently made a couple of serious errors, but that's out of thousands of programmes and hundreds of thousands of hours of programming.
For goodness sake get this into some sort of perspective, otherwise programmes which take some risks occasionally will disappear only to be replaced by more mass-market reality shows.