“Public Service” and the Journalism Crisis: Is the BBC the Answer?
“Public Service” and the Journalism Crisis: Is the BBC the Answer?
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“公共服务”和新闻危机：BBC 是答案吗？
DOI：
10.1177/1527476418760985
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
D. Freedman
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作者：
D. Freedman
专业新闻业面临着巨大的压力：不仅其传统的商业模式面临巨大的压力，而且还经常被右翼指责兜售“假新闻”，并被左翼批评未能发挥强有力的监督作用。在这种情况下，有一种诱惑，将公共服务媒体，特别是英国广播公司，视为一个黑暗画面中的灯塔。本文试图提醒那些认为公共服务模式是追究权力责任的最有效手段，也是商业和威权环境中有缺陷的新闻文化的最理想替代品的人。它考虑了制约BBC新闻业的一些结构性和制度性因素，并指出它与精英权力的亲密关系长期以来削弱了它作为一个可靠和独立的权力制衡者的能力。
Professional journalism is under extraordinary pressure: not only are its traditional business models under enormous strain but it is also regularly accused by the Right of peddling ‘fake news’ and criticized by the Left for failing to play a robust monitorial role. In this situation, there is a temptation to see public service media, and the BBC in particular, as beacons of light in an otherwise gloomy picture. This article attempts to provide a note of caution to those who see the public service model as the most effective means of holding power to account and as the most desirable alternative to the flawed news cultures of both commercial and authoritarian landscapes. It considers some of the structural and institutional factors that constrain the BBC’s journalism and suggests that its intimate relationship with elite power has long undermined its ability to act as a reliable and independent check on power.