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March 28, 2008

BBC’s sends 437 staff to China Olympics

By Dominic wireposts

The BBC is sending 100 more staff to cover the Beijing Olympics than are in the British Olympic team, the Daily Mail reports today.

The Mail says in its report: “Sending such an enormous contingent flies in the face of the BBC’s pleas of poverty after a lower than expected license fee settlement.”

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