The BBC created its own appeals body to preempt harsher statutory oversight.

Evidence

The creation of the “Three Wise Men” as a court of appeal, set up by the BBC itself, is a way of forestalling, from inside, what might be a more dangerous form of scrutiny if imposed by legislation in 1976 or earlier. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 877

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to theories of institutional co-optation and preemptive self-regulation common in media and organizational sociology. — connects to: UK media politics centered on the BBC and its relation to the state
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: UK media politics centered on the BBC and its relation to the state