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Originally Posted by martyh
Yes it was and you where quite clear about it because
i said
you said ...
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As I said, I was referring to other country's PSB equivalents rather than the BBC specifically. Obviously I should have been clearer in the distinction. So apologies for that.
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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Personally I'd rather have the Beeb acting as a public broadcaster than leave it to the private media who frankly have shown themselves to be irresponsible when it comes to disseminating info and creativity to the country.
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Exactly. Plus the fact that they can (and
have to) produce such a wide variety of programmes and they can and do do so precisely because of the way they are funded; ie because the do not have to rely exclusively on the commercially-successful programmes.
If we didn't have the BBC we'd only have ITV
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Looking at what's been available all across the 100 or so channels I have access to recently I'm afraid the Beeb still wins hands down and because ALL political parties accuse the BBC of bias on a very regular basis I think they are still doing a good job.
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And this
Also, I'm sure someone said that "the BBC could shut down tomorrow" and it wouldn't make any difference to anything. Well, apart from all those lost jobs, and the couple of £1bn that the company contributes to the UK economy each year, I suppose they might be right. On the upside, those with transferable skills will certainly be able to get a similar job earning a lot more money
However, in the interests of not going round and round in circles for days on end not getting anywhere, I would like to suggest we leave it there.