BBC says national newspapers 'overegged' staff pay

The BBC has disputed reports that many of its journalists are paid up to 40 per cent more than their rivals at commercial broadcasters, saying national newspapers “overegged” salary reports to play into licence fee payer concerns.
While the internal salary report shows some middle ranking grades to be noticeably higher than peers at commercial broadcasters such as ITV, the notion that this applies to all BBC journalists is misleading, the BBC said. Some journalists at the public