BBC bosses are like New York bedbugs, says 退役軍人 放送者 John Simpson

By Paul Revoir for MailOnline
Updated: 04:58 BST, 25 September 2010

退役軍人 放送者: John Simpson said the BBC had '経営者／支配人s like New York City has bedbugs'

退役軍人 BBC 放送者 John Simpson has attacked the 会社／団体’s bloated 管理／経営, （人命などを）奪う，主張するing: ‘We have 経営者／支配人s like New York City has bedbugs.’

The 66-year-old World 事件／事情／状勢s Editor said the endless use of 管理／経営 顧問s had resulted only in ‘more and more 層s of 管理／経営’.

During a talk at the 国家の Theatre on Thursday night, Simpson （人命などを）奪う，主張するd that 価値のある services such as BBC World News were kept ‘chronically’ short of money, yet there were hordes of 経営者／支配人s.

His 爆発 comes as New York is in the 支配する of an infestation of the bloodsucking bedbugs, which has 影響する／感情d shops, theatres and homes.

Mr Simpson, who joined the 会社／団体 in 1966, when he was in his 早期に 20s, also said 現在の moves to 削減（する） 20 per cent of 上級の 経営者／支配人s would have ‘no noticeable 衝撃 on programmes’.

Earlier this week the BBC’s own 旗艦 現在の 事件／事情／状勢s show Panorama 明らかにする／漏らすd there are 97 経営者／支配人s at the 放送者 収入 over £160,000 and 331 of them on more than £100,000.

The programme also drew attention to BBC director general 示す Thompson’s total 支払う／賃金 of £838,000.?

Mr Simpson said: ‘Every few years we have 管理／経営 顧問s coming in... If you brought lawyers in their 解答 would be more lawyers, if you brought 化学者／薬剤師s in, chemistry would be something to do with it, if you bring 管理／経営 顧問s in their 解答 to all the problems is “let’s have some more 経営者／支配人s”.

‘So every time we have more and more 層s of 管理／経営.’

The war 特派員, who has 報告（する）／憶測d from Iraq and Afghanistan, also attacked 計画（する）s to let the 政府 spending 監視者 look at the BBC’s accounts, （人命などを）奪う，主張するing such a move would ‘eat away’ at its independence.

A BBC 広報担当者 拒絶する／低下するd to comment on Mr Simpson’s 発言／述べるs.

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The 会社／団体 wants possible 投資家s to make ‘formal 表現s of 利益／興味’ before Christmas.

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