The BBC needs confident and decisive steps, and the willingness to take risks, amid a “full-on crisis” of trust that major organizations, including the U.K. public broadcaster, are facing in the age of social media and fake news and amid a “brutal” financial state of affairs, outgoing BBC director general Tim Davie said during a Royal Television Society (RTS) keynote speech and Q&A in London on Thursday.
In what was seen as his farewell public appearance before his April 2 departure and what sounded like a call to action, he spoke about the U.K. public broadcaster’s future in central London amid such challenges as expanding restrictions on journalism around the world, AI, as well as misinformation and disinformation. In a wide-ranging speech, he even addressed media mega-mergers, such as the recent showdown for Warner Bros. Discovery.
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