DrummerMan
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NHS yes BBC noThis should be another big error by the Tories. Already on the ropes, the two institutions the public love most, the NHS and the BBC
NHS yes BBC noThis should be another big error by the Tories. Already on the ropes, the two institutions the public love most, the NHS and the BBC
As a member of admin, you ought to be able to discuss/debate without chucking insults.
Are you suggesting that it's unreasonable or selfish for people to not wish to pay for a television service that they don't use?
As someone else mentioned, you have to have to pay the license fee just to 'legally' watch other channels (live) that you subscribe to.
Couldn't we combine those two institutions in some way? I'd rather listen to NHS patients telling it how it really is rather than have to listen to the BBC news muppets licking the Tories behinds every day. Casualty is sh*t though. So that can go.NHS yes BBC no
That's the point. The BBC can't criticise the government because they have the threat of more cuts and job losses hanging over them if they do. So we're paying for them to tell us a load of pro Tory bullsh*t right now.I use the iPlayer loads and listen to BBC Radio 6 Music daily. The Tory attack on the BBC has to be stopped as it's a great organisation. Tories have had their eye on it for a years. They've also planted in their cronies and completely neutralised BBC reporting. It's telling that in the last two years the BBC haven't criticised the Johnson government at all.
£159 a year for online content, iPlayer, massive radio output and BBC channels is really good value I think.
Yep. It makes a mockery of so called free media reporting in Britain. It's clearly not free with a government dictating to the public broadcaster. It's even less free with so many media organisations owned and controlled by billionaires.That's the point. The BBC can't criticise the government because they have the threat of more cuts and job losses hanging over them if they do. So we're paying for them to tell us a load of pro Tory bullsh*t right now.
I'm sure that very many people would agree with you. With that in mind, many people would happily pay £159 to subscribe. Perhaps any shortfall in people wanting to pay the £159 could be made up by being a bit more commercial with reselling content, and maybe open the door to some advertising and/or sponsorship.I use the iPlayer loads and listen to BBC Radio 6 Music daily. The Tory attack on the BBC has to be stopped as it's a great organisation. Tories have had their eye on it for a years. They've also planted in their cronies and completely neutralised BBC reporting. It's telling that in the last two years the BBC haven't criticised the Johnson government at all.
£159 a year for online content, iPlayer, massive radio output and BBC channels is really good value I think.
It's all relative....for some ...household bills...petrol....food and school.uniform are probably more important than discovering new talent....if I'm honest...43p
43p a day for public service broadcasting, giving artists and producers freedom to create things without the need to pander to 'the market'. Uncovering massive talent and giving opportunities to lesser voices. Live sport without adverts.
A madness to think the license fee is a bad idea.
NHS yes BBC no
And then inundated with ads like itvLicense fee will end in 2027.
Will be handed to the private sector and then sold off to a Tory chum for peanuts.
Supporting the Tories and been against the TV licence aren't exclusive.In their tracker for the 4th qtr of 2021 YouGov had the BBC as popular with 59% of the U.K. public, neutral with 25% and disliked by just 15%.
The types of Tories in govt at the moment are in that 15% and judge, as they do, everything by their own powerful feelings rather than doubting them and appreciating their own internal bias and looking at a wide range of opinion and, you know, facts. Perhaps you are doing the same?
It is why we are where we are now.
Make no mistake this is about neoliberalism and the Tories will be aiming to sell off the BBC entirely..
I'm sure that very many people would agree with you. With that in mind, many people would happily pay £159 to subscribe. Perhaps any shortfall in people wanting to pay the £159 could be made up by being a bit more commercial with reselling content, and maybe open the door to some advertising and/or sponsorship.
I don't see it as the end of the BBC. I just think that the licence fee is an outdated model.
Funny how you never mentioned this YouGov poll you may like from December 2021:In their tracker for the 4th qtr of 2021 YouGov had the BBC as popular with 59% of the U.K. public, neutral with 25% and disliked by just 15%.
Supporting the Tories and been against the TV licence aren't exclusive.
Lefty doesn't live in an echo chamber. He lives in a cosy little apartment with Sir Keith Stalin and they love each other very much. Stop making baseless accusations.@Lefty I'm not getting into politics with you because you live in an echo chamber
Funny how you never mentioned this YouGov poll you may like from December 2021:
How should the BBC be funded?
51% - Funded from advertising in commercial breaks
23% - Funded from general taxation
16% - Funded from a subscription model
9% - Funded from television licence as at present
3% - Something else
Source: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/media/trackers/how-should-the-bbc-be-funded
Or this YouGov poll from November 2021
How fair is the BBC licence fee?
41% - Very Unfair
21% - Unfair
14% - Fair
12% - Neither
5% - Very Fair
So 62% think it's either Very Unfair or Unfair
Source: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/how-fair-is-the-bbc-liscence-fee
@Lefty go back to school