BBC and the Licence Fee funding
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July 17, 2015 at 8:11 am #84054
jondwhite
ParticipantWhat's your views on the BBC and the Licence Fee funding it?
July 17, 2015 at 10:04 am #113061alanjjohnstone
KeymasterI hate the fucking BBC and, despite some people defending it , i'll be glad if its news service is decimated. It is, IMHO, simply the government propaganda machine, cleverly disguised as supposedly unbias and impartial. Glasgow Media Group (and others) has done several demolition jobs on its supposed objectivity. He who pays the piper, calls the tune and has been since Donald Reith's time. Its governing body are 12 government-appointed people chosen by the prime minister and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport from a short-list of suitable applicants, composed of present and former representatives of state, corporate and institutional power. And we are expected to pay a tax to support it, (which in theory is a price for information)Now we are presented with a version of lesser evilism…if the BBC goes then our media will be controlled by Murdoch. The Fear Factor.But does it matter since Sky, Times and Sun determinemuch of the political debates, anyways. Even the SNP went cap in hand to Rupert the Bear. Personally, I couldn't care less what they do to the BBC.
July 17, 2015 at 10:16 am #113062ALB
KeymasterOne good (or not bad) thing about the BBC is that there is no advertising (commercial lying) on it. Bringing that in would be a step backward and represent yet another area colonised by naked commercialism..
July 17, 2015 at 10:26 am #113063alanjjohnstone
KeymasterAnd while i am at it, what about all those people who have been made criminals by non-payment of the TV licence and. 150,000 convictions and i think 70 have actually went to jail for the offence. Cuddly Attenborough and Michael Palin can be rolled out endorsing the BBC but they can afford to pay being over-paid by the BBC. At one point in my life i couldn't and genuinely feared being detected and fined money i couldn't afford…if i did have the money then paying the licence wouldn't have been a problem Catch 22. The TV detector vans, when they used to use them, parked at my work, so i always knew they were in the area. Screw them
July 17, 2015 at 10:42 am #113064jondwhite
ParticipantALB wrote:One good (or not bad) thing about the BBC is that there is no advertising (commercial lying) on it. Bringing that in would be a step backward and represent yet another area colonised by naked commercialism..A minor exception but outside the UK, BBC World does carry and is funded by advertising.
July 20, 2015 at 5:57 pm #113065DJP
ParticipantI wonder if the BBC lost it's state funding it would continue to make programmes such as this one:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gyz6b
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