BBC news chief: problems facing local newspapers 'not our fault'
James Harding responds to calls for BBC to rein in coverage, telling press to focus on web rivals such as Google or Facebook
James Harding responds to calls for BBC to rein in coverage, telling press to focus on web rivals such as Google or Facebook
James Harding, the BBC News director, believes the corporation has an obligation to deliver local news and the problems facing local newspapers are"not the BBC's fault".
Harding, the former Times editor, in his first public speech since joining the BBC in August last year, said he thought the view that the corporation should limit its local news output for fear of damaging local newspapers was mistaken.
He added that the BBC thrived on competition with local papers and would do "anything to help" them, but they should be worrying about internet rivals such as Google and Facebook, not the corporation. As the internet is rising highly on a daily basis people today are more immune to finding out the news by themselves anytime any day of the week. Therefore, today newspapers locally aren't doing well. For example, the papers that are posted to my doors in the morning are now free. Previously, it used to be sold normally for 80p. But now, as there is no success of the newspapers they come to our door free of charge because only then would the house holds read the local news. In this article, newspapers were blaming the BBC.
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