By John Glenday

Jeremy Paxman has spoken out against the present direction of the BBC by labelling it ‘smug’ and ‘complacent’ whilst exerting an undue influence in Britain’s online media landscape.

The Newsnight presenter railed against the public service broadcaster on a range of issues from the eye-watering payoffs divvyed out to departing executives to the scale of its gargantuan online news operation.

Speaking to the guardian Paxman said: “It is smug. I love the BBC in many ways, but at the same time it has made me loathe aspects of it, and that is a very odd state of affairs.

“When I see people being Read full story ›

Source: The Drum