Whatever he might have intended, the protest by Alun Ffred Jones in response to an expected cutback in government funding for S4C comes over as a disappointing pastiche of old Plaid rhetoric instead of someone facing up to challenges presented by the new politics which look likely to dominate Westminster for a while.
The claim that a £2 million cut in funding for represents "an attack on the Welsh language" is pushing credibility and ignores how the channel has recorded viewing figures which equated to zero for some broadcast items. The channel's management has also been consistently criticised within the industry for its inflexible approach to progamming and some unfathomable commissioning practices. Plaid (and Labour) would carry more credibility in their protests if they were as vociferous now in arguing for responsibilities for S4C funding to be transferred from the DCMS to Cardiff Bay and thereby tie up a long-standing loose end of devolution.
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"ignores how the channel has recorded viewing figures which equated to zero for some broadcast items."
That pushes credibility, given you are either ignorant of or willing to leave out, how inaccurate those viewing surveys are.
And I actually agree with the thrust of your post BTW.
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