• The BBC should not have a cheerleader. It should have somebody who runs the organisation in the interests of the public and that should be a chairman.

    Gavyn Davies: The BBC should not have a cheerleader. It should have somebody who runs the organisation in the interests of the public and that should be a chairman.
    "Gavyn Davies: role of BBC chairman 'devalued'" by Ben Dowell, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2011.