In a recording of Radio 4's Any Questions, which he hosts, Dimbleby attacked the commercial enemies of the BBC for setting out to destroy it.
The veteran political broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby has attacked the commercial enemies of the BBC for setting out to destroy it, and has urged audiences to rise up to defend the corporation.
The shadow culture secretary, Harriet Harman, also urged Entwistle to rethink his payoff, but warned that the BBC's competitors and commercial enemies were waiting to pounce and wound the corporation – a reference to the scale of criticism from News International.
She accuses Hall of indulging in "doublespeak" last Monday when he focused on a "vision of a BBC with many partners, [which] … is actually about an opportunity to provide a sop, not only to his political enemies, but also to his commercial enemies, who are desperate for a piece of the licence fee income".
She did so, Seaton reveals, only after first seeking the approval of Murdoch, the BBC's "most committed commercial and political enemy".
The New Yorker, June 17 , 1933P. 8 During the temporary recess of the Group Theatre, some of its members found refuge with the enemy, commercial theatre.
By Robert A. Simon and James Thurber The New Yorker, June 17 , 1933P. 8 During the temporary recess of the Group Theatre, some of its members found refuge with the enemy, commercial theatre.
As predatory commercial and political enemies sense blood, we should be deeply alarmed by the inadequacy of the institutions that are there to protect our public interest in broadcasting.
"Oil, normally our ally, has temporarily become our enemy," the commercial said, promising that I.W.S. would do "whatever it takes, 24/7" to support the cleanup.
For all the headline-grabbing stories about security breaches, intoxicated pilots and faulty equipment, sometimes a commercial plane's worst enemy is Mother Nature.
