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1andrew1 04-03-2022 10:56
Re: BBC licence fee
 
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36115538)
GB News seems to be impartial with good coverage.
lts reputation has suffered somewhat on that front with Farage tweeting the Putin line on the invasion of Ukraine.

Sephiroth 04-03-2022 12:50
Re: BBC licence fee
 
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36115540)
lts reputation has suffered somewhat on that front with Farage tweeting the Putin line on the invasion of Ukraine.

What, this one?

Quote:
Well, I was wrong. Putin has gone much further than I thought he would.

A consequence of EU and NATO expansion, which came to a head in 2014. It made no sense to poke the Russian bear with a stick.

These are dark days for Europe
https://www.google.com/search?q=fara...hrome&ie=UTF-8

Hugh 04-03-2022 13:02
Re: BBC licence fee
 
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36115559)
Probably these…

https://www.indy100.com/politics/nig...r-putin-praise

Halcyon 04-03-2022 13:55
Re: BBC licence fee
 
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Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36115528)
No! Best out of the hands of the government(Tory or Labour) and not run by the media in general. it should be a PBS that's completely free from political interference by government and what passes for a free press owned and run by whomever has the cash to but them outright.I pay the subscription expecting to get a completely independent service especially the news service.



No one wants to pay for it, so who else is going to pay for it?
I stopped paying for it years ago and now solely watch Netflix.

Maggy 04-03-2022 14:53
Re: BBC licence fee
 
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Originally Posted by Halcyon (Post 36115577)
No one wants to pay for it, so who else is going to pay for it?
I stopped paying for it years ago and now solely watch Netflix.
Yes of course you do.

Sephiroth 04-03-2022 15:31
Re: BBC licence fee
 
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36115563)
Farage said that he'd got it wrong in the Twitter link I posted.
I've admired Putin as an operator too; now he's gone insane, my admiration has lapsed (as with Farage's admiration).

Sirius 04-03-2022 16:28
Re: BBC licence fee
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36115528)
No! Best out of the hands of the government(Tory or Labour) and not run by the media in general. it should be a PBS that's completely free from political interference by government and what passes for a free press owned and run by whomever has the cash to but them outright.I pay the subscription expecting to get a completely independent service especially the news service.
So not the BBC then

Mr K 04-03-2022 20:21
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The 1000th thread on the BBC licence fee on CF!? People pay nearly as much a month on their Cable sub, than they do the BBC in a year.....

TheDaddy 04-03-2022 20:27
Re: BBC licence fee
 
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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36115651)
The 1000th thread on the BBC licence fee on CF!? People pay nearly as much a month on their Cable sub, than they do the BBC in a year.....
Yes but people can cancel their cable, they're not charged for not watching it

RichardCoulter 04-03-2022 20:39
Re: BBC licence fee
 
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Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36115528)
No! Best out of the hands of the government(Tory or Labour) and not run by the media in general. it should be a PBS that's completely free from political interference by government and what passes for a free press owned and run by whomever has the cash to but them outright.I pay the subscription expecting to get a completely independent service especially the news service.
Exactly. There is a proposal to fund news etc from a Government grant and the entertainment etc from a subscription.

The BBC could not remain independent if news is funded by a Government grant. If they covered something the Government didn't like or something embarrassing, they could so easily be threatened with a funding cut.

I accept that this can and appears to have been done with the TVL though.

I think it would be better levying a media tax as a precept to the Council Tax. Almost everyone benefits from the BBC in some way. Despite it's faults, it really came into it's own when the pandemic started and they have recently started doing emergency broadcasts to Ukrania as Putin trys to stop the correct information from getting out to the people there by bombing TV masts and trying to knock out the internet.

Mad Max 04-03-2022 20:49
Re: BBC licence fee
 
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36115654)
Yes but people can cancel their cable, they're not charged for not watching it

Exactly.

GrimUpNorth 04-03-2022 23:48
Re: BBC licence fee
 
I think I rolled this clip out last time we had this debate. It's still funny!

RichardCoulter 05-03-2022 02:22
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Hahaha I remember that when it was first broadcast :D

Sirius 05-03-2022 07:51
Re: BBC licence fee
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36115651)
The 1000th thread on the BBC licence fee on CF!? People pay nearly as much a month on their Cable sub, than they do the BBC in a year.....
I get a lot more for my Cable sub.

Mr K 05-03-2022 08:47
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Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 36115680)
I get a lot more for my Cable sub.
Mostly repeats of BBC programmes !

---------- Post added at 08:47 ---------- Previous post was at 08:35 ----------

Sometimes I think people forget what they are getting for less than £14 a month:-

Nine national TV channels plus regional TV services

Radio stations - 10 pan-UK, six national and 40 local

BBC website - including News, Sport, Weather, CBeebies, CBBC, Food, Bitesize, Arts

BBC iPlayer - 1000s of live and on demand programmes (including news, sport, dramas, comedy, documentaries, entertainment), box sets and exclusive content

BBC Sounds - a huge range of musical genres, radio stations and podcasts

BBC World Service - TV, radio and online

Other apps and online services like Bitesize, CBeebies, Food, News, Sport and Weather

A subscription service us impractical because of the way the BBC is broadcast and would cost a lot more.


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