Sans Today, sans everything

It was very odd this morning being without the BBC Today Programme as most of the News and Current Affairs people went on strike protesting the Corporation's plans on making several thousand staff redundant.

It strikes me that BBC management have skewered themselves on the horns of a dillemma. They benefit from being pubically funded (though at a much lower subscription rate than say Sky), and at the same time seem to feel guilty at being able to offer so many global services.

They should forget their guilt and glory in their reputation and that they are publically funded. I wouldn't even restrict internet rebroadcasting to only those within the geographic UK, I'd rebroadcast those programmes that I wanted the world to get, knowing that for everyone that is streamed online or downloaded many, many more would be bought on DVD, CD or watched on cable.

Stop feeling guilty and just get on with it.