Loadsamoney
The BBC is facing a 25% cut in its funding over the next four years - but at the same time the Coporation has been getting pelters over the way the Beeb has been spending public money.
The BBC's Chief Operating Officer (COO) - Caroline Thomson - who is paid an astronomical £385,000 a year was asked during a recent TV interview to explain what another a BBC job actually does - a 'Decision Support Analyst'.
Unfortunately the COO on £385,000 a year could not explain what a DSA does to justify their £58,000 annual salary nor why the job was being advertised - after the BBC announced cuts that will mean 2,000 staff being made redundant.
Now the chief executive of Glasgow City Council is paid £160,000 - so quite what a COO of the BBC does to justify £385,000 is beyond me - and probably most other people as well.
The row over 'non-jobs’ continued as other strange BBC posts came to light - a ‘Deputy Head – High Risk’ - an ‘Accountability Assistant’ and two ‘Thematic Advisers’ - one for governance and one for health - plus a range of 'Diversity Advisers'.
And at goodness knows what cost - to the public purse.
Meanwhile a second front has opened up - with complaints about the BBC doling out public money to politicians for appearing on shows like 'Any Questions?' - or 'Have I Got News For You?'
Apparently politicians have been getting paid hundreds of pounds a time for appearing on these high profile BBC programmes - which are really about promoting themselves and - of course - the political party they represent.
Senior MPs - who are paid higher salaries than MPs - government ministers and all sorts - appear regularly on these BBC TV programmes
But why should that mean they get paid twice - out of the public purse?
The practice should end immediately - and it doesn't take someone on £385,000 a year to work that out either.
The BBC's Chief Operating Officer (COO) - Caroline Thomson - who is paid an astronomical £385,000 a year was asked during a recent TV interview to explain what another a BBC job actually does - a 'Decision Support Analyst'.
Unfortunately the COO on £385,000 a year could not explain what a DSA does to justify their £58,000 annual salary nor why the job was being advertised - after the BBC announced cuts that will mean 2,000 staff being made redundant.
Now the chief executive of Glasgow City Council is paid £160,000 - so quite what a COO of the BBC does to justify £385,000 is beyond me - and probably most other people as well.
The row over 'non-jobs’ continued as other strange BBC posts came to light - a ‘Deputy Head – High Risk’ - an ‘Accountability Assistant’ and two ‘Thematic Advisers’ - one for governance and one for health - plus a range of 'Diversity Advisers'.
And at goodness knows what cost - to the public purse.
Meanwhile a second front has opened up - with complaints about the BBC doling out public money to politicians for appearing on shows like 'Any Questions?' - or 'Have I Got News For You?'
Apparently politicians have been getting paid hundreds of pounds a time for appearing on these high profile BBC programmes - which are really about promoting themselves and - of course - the political party they represent.
Senior MPs - who are paid higher salaries than MPs - government ministers and all sorts - appear regularly on these BBC TV programmes
But why should that mean they get paid twice - out of the public purse?
The practice should end immediately - and it doesn't take someone on £385,000 a year to work that out either.
