BBC Expenses
There is a lot of adverse comment about the money spent by Mark Thompson, especially on a trip to Las Vegas. He went to one of the prime media shows, which I would have thought was something we would complain about if he hadn’t visited.
Years ago, I used to go to Comdex at Las Vegas. If you didn’t book the previous year, rooms were impossible to get and I suspect although it may be better, you don’t have the option of affordable rooms unless you book months ahead. Unless of course you want to stay in Lake Mead. And that’s miles away!
I sent this e-mail to Victoria Derbyshire to further explain.
To get a decent room in Las Vegas at one of the big trade shows, you normally need to book for the whole week or at least a year before. I paid $500 for one night nearly twenty years ago at Comdex in Las Vegas. I stopped going because I didn’t want to be ripped off any more.
Mark Thompson got better value than I did.
On the other hand those trade shows are probably a must see for someone like Thompson. We would probably be complaining a lot more, if he hadn’t gone and missed the launch of something important.
Expenses should be kept to a minimum, but how much BBC time is spent asking questions? Especially, when many of those asking the questions have other agendas.
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