admin 18 July 2011 Media plurality depends on reform of the BBC admin 18 July 2011 Published in ConservativeHome here. Slug path asi-in-the-news/asi-in-the-news/media-plurality-depends-on-reform-of-the-bbc Joomla-id 6676 Old Teaser 16 July 2011 Sam Bowman argues in ConservativeHome that News International size and influence is a direct consequence of its even larger rival, the BBC. Until the BBC is reformed we will not have media plurality in the UK.