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The CLBC—the Central London Broadcasting Corporation—steals from the rest of the country by taking its money and spending it on
The CLBC—the Central London Broadcasting Corporation—steals from the rest of the country by taking its money and spending it on
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2017-02-28
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The CLBC—the Central London Broadcasting Corporation—steals from the rest of the country by taking its money and spending it on itself. Provincials have noted this for years, but now there are signs that the shrugged "what did you expect?" patience is wearing thin. Just as it clearly has in Scotland. The Scots, whether formally separate or not, are going to insist on a new settlement.
This is a difficult moment for BBC senior management. Facing a hostile government, it is being squeezed financially just as media globalisation and technical transformation challenge its traditional model. But this revolt of the provincial peasants will grow. The London aristocrats fawning at court could be in trouble.
London is a centripetal force sucking the life out of the rest of Britain. For centuries, it has been dominant, as most capitals are, but until recently there were other capitals, proudly representing the other regions, with their own culture, political stance and achievements. People came to London to make their names or their fortunes, but most stayed, rooted in their own provincial world. Most still do, but the Londoncentric BBC does not recognise it.
In fact, the BBC has known all this for years, but it is drawn into the vortex, even though it knows it cannot afford to ignore the rest of the country. Its response is tokenism. Policy won’t change until attitudes change, from recruitment, to where creative people are based, to who is allowed on the air. We do have the occasional regional voice, in its Sunday Best.
For years, the attitudes offered to us have been ones of metropolitan superiority. People in the provinces have appeared on screen patronised by stylish southerners who occasionally venture north, like visiting anthropologists, to investigate the habits of the weird natives. Their lives are editorialised by the southerners, filtered and interpreted. What current affairs programmes come from anywhere but central London? Oh, but if they came from Birmingham or Leeds, no one would watch them? Well, virtually no one watches Newsnight, but that doesn’t stop it boring us with the usual metropolitan talking heads.
My response is that the BBC has a pre-eminent responsibility to swim against the tide, to reach out to everyone and engage in a truly national conversation. To be a platform for the whole country. A stage for the exploration of our culture, culturein its richest sense. An institution everyone feels they own, one that represents them. It could yet become the catalyst for the whole nation’s rediscovery of its cultural and economic wealth. It would certainly remind Londoners that the peasants don’t live in caves. Even though they talk funny.
In the last paragraph, the author shows his appreciation of
选项
A、BBC’s revolutionary function.
B、accumulation of economic wealth.
C、BBC’s international influence.
D、coverage of the whole nation.
答案
A
解析
(1)根据题干关键词定位至第6段。(2)根据文章,“(我的反应)是BBC有责任逆流而上,接触所有人群,成为全国的平台,求索各种文化”(第6段:swim against,reach out,platform,exploration)。“在全国重新发现其文化和经济价值时,BBC可以起到催化剂的作用——促进变革”(第6段:catalyst)”。言外之意便是BBC应该在革新过程中起到应该发挥的作用。选项[A]表达出了此意。
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