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Bell: News readers paid too much

- BY STIAN ALEXANDER

VETERAN BBC newsman Martin Bell has said that newsreader­s are paid “far too much’ for reading ‘words off an autocue”.

He also revealed he never asked for a pay rise in 33 years at the Beeb.

The 82-year-old, who first starting working for the BBC in 1962 before quitting in the mid-1990s to run for election as an “anti-sleaze” MP, said he was “amazed” at how much BBC “news stars” earn.

The top earner is Huw Edwards, who is paid around £465,000-a-year, with others including Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis, on around £375,000-a-year.

He said: “It’s not like they’re risking their lives. I’m not angry about it but I just wonder how they can justify the salary to themselves.”

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