3) From a governance perspective, leadership needs a mandate from the board to handle crises. But public service media boards - due to the way they are composed - sometimes contain members that are critical of or hostile towards how the organization delivers on its mission. 3/3

2) As public service media are political creations, and the BBC formally &culturally committed to impartiality, it is hard to fight back against critics, whether political, from competitors, or others - any direct response risks coming across as partisan (and self-interested). 2/3

Whereas new political forces, including, for lack of a better term, 'populists' on both the left and the right, and many social movements, double down on digital platforms, despite all their built-in problems. 3/3

(Understandable given how some of them covered him.) It seems clear it is a shrinking number of establishment politicians who think of established news media as an important way to reach citizens (and even they often prefer social media rather than risk facing awkward questions) 2/3

Tak Aske, og tak for jeres arbejde, som har været et vigtigt indspark.

(I think trying to imagine a positive vision for AI and news is important - if journalists and the news industry does not offer a take on what good looks like, much of the public may simply assume that news in an ever-more AI-mediated environment is cheap sh*t, and act accordingly.)