Crisis is an overused word: countries all over the world are beset by political economic and moral difficulties which the national media delight in describing as crises. The same emotive term is now being widely applied to the current state of public broadcasting in most western countries. The justification for this panic-striken analysis seems to be the proliferation of inquiries that is taking place all over the world — for suddenly, government commissions, committees and Task Forces on broadcasting seem to be all the rage.
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