Regular visitors to this blog will know that I harbour strong reservations about the BBC’s plan to take advertising on its international-facing sites.

So do many others, who have joined forces to petition the British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The e-petition, on the Downing Street site, was started by ex-BBC journalist Alex Kirby, and one of my former colleagues when I worked at the BBC News website.

Please add your voice to those who fear that, as the petition says, “the BBC’s editorial independence must at all costs be safeguarded and would be fatally compromised by the acceptance of any advertisements”.

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