Nadine Dorries pressured Channel 4 to promote privatisation, select committee hears

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Nadine Dorries pressured Channel 4 to promote privatisation, select committee hears
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Appearing before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the broadcaster's chief executive Dr Alex Mahon was asked to explain why there were delays to publishing its annual report

Channel 4 has revealed it was put under pressure by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries' department to look at how it worded references to its future finances in its annual report following the department's decision to explore privatisation.

Appearing before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the broadcaster's chief executive Dr Alex Mahon was asked to explain why there were delays to publishing its annual report. "It was suggested there were some differences in opinion over future financial sustainability," she explained, adding that it was"the first time to my knowledge in 40 years that there have been queries".While plans to privatise

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