Andrew Marr in 2006 - "The BBC is not impartial or neutral. It's a publicly funded, urban organisation with an abnormally large number of young people, ethnic minorities, and gay people. It has a liberal bias, not so much a party-political bias. It is better expressed as a cultural liberal bias."
Andrew Marr!!!
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I don't deny that it would have to be done carefully, but the current arrangements are not sustainable. They have led to the BBC being bloated and wasteful, they compete unfairly with the rival broadcasters and they create tremendous resentment with the licence fee.
There is a better way and it needs to be looked into with the clear objective of ensuring that the BBC does have sufficient money to continue to deliver quality services.
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I haven't even suggested shutting down the BBC. I want the BBC to continue to operate and offer good programmes. But all is not well with the current arrangements and if the BBC is to survive in the long term, we need to do something about it now.
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I respect your view, Harry, but we have to acknowledge that a lot of people don't watch the BBC and resent paying the licence fee.
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