The base salary for an MP is nearly £65,000. Which is about twice what many of them are worth. But if based on the 'job description' is probably about £15,000 too low.
Now MP's salaries and expenses have been in the Media spotlight with the BBC in there with the best of them (and quite rightly so).
Yet when it comes to the contracts for its Radio and TV Presenters, it suddenly goes very coy. Siting confidentiality agreements with presenters over pay!
This is the BBC fearless investigator of those whom it deems have their noses in the trough and are riding a gravy train?
Apparently so, but then who but the BBC would pay:
Moving on: Jeremy Paxman who is very good at what he does. gets £800,000 for Newsnight and plus more for doing University Challenge, pushing his annual earnings over £1 Million. Yes Jeremy is good, but that good!
Meanwhile, Terry Wogan is reputedly being paid £800,000 a year for his radio show! Whilst Chris Moyles get £630,000. These inflated salaries mean that Production costs for most breakfast and drivetime shows on BBC radio were "much higher" than those on commercial radio stations and the average Presenter Salary was twice that paid by Commercial Radio.
I think the BBC is one of the greatest British Institutions, but some of these salaries are beyond belief and trying to hide information from bodies such as the National Audit Office and House of Commons public accounts select committee is an indication of not only they have something to conceal, but know that they will face the same sort of public outcry that they have helped to stir up against MPs expenses.
The BBC's reaction is typical of the Media's fear of being investigated for the very abuses they publicize in others. Whilst one almost expects this of the Newspapers, the fact that this is the BBC once again shows how low standards have fallen.
However as light relief, here are Stephen Fry's comments on Journalists during an interview with Michael Crick:
Now MP's salaries and expenses have been in the Media spotlight with the BBC in there with the best of them (and quite rightly so).
Yet when it comes to the contracts for its Radio and TV Presenters, it suddenly goes very coy. Siting confidentiality agreements with presenters over pay!
This is the BBC fearless investigator of those whom it deems have their noses in the trough and are riding a gravy train?
Apparently so, but then who but the BBC would pay:
- That aging Juvenile Jonathan Ross £6 Million a year for the past three years and is rumoured to be renewing the contract for another three years at £3 Million a year!
- The miniature man Graham Norton has been paid nearly £2.5 Million a year for the past three years and looks like renewing for less (but almost certainly many times what he is worth i.e. the Minimum Wage plus 10%)
Moving on: Jeremy Paxman who is very good at what he does. gets £800,000 for Newsnight and plus more for doing University Challenge, pushing his annual earnings over £1 Million. Yes Jeremy is good, but that good!
Meanwhile, Terry Wogan is reputedly being paid £800,000 a year for his radio show! Whilst Chris Moyles get £630,000. These inflated salaries mean that Production costs for most breakfast and drivetime shows on BBC radio were "much higher" than those on commercial radio stations and the average Presenter Salary was twice that paid by Commercial Radio.
I think the BBC is one of the greatest British Institutions, but some of these salaries are beyond belief and trying to hide information from bodies such as the National Audit Office and House of Commons public accounts select committee is an indication of not only they have something to conceal, but know that they will face the same sort of public outcry that they have helped to stir up against MPs expenses.
The BBC's reaction is typical of the Media's fear of being investigated for the very abuses they publicize in others. Whilst one almost expects this of the Newspapers, the fact that this is the BBC once again shows how low standards have fallen.
However as light relief, here are Stephen Fry's comments on Journalists during an interview with Michael Crick:
“Although, of course, anybody can talk about snouts in troughs, and go on about it, for journalists to do so is almost beyond belief, beyond belief. I know lots of journalists; I know more journalists than I know politicians.And I’ve never met a more venal and disgusting crowd of people when it comes to expenses and allowances."
It is probably the first time I have laughed whilst watching a Newsnight Interview. Whilst I disagree with Stephen over much of what followed in the interview, it is worth watching for his opening comments:
Michael Crick inteviews Stephen Fry on MPs Expenses
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