Thread: Funding of the BBC
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Old 08-09-2020, 15:19   #356
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Re: Funding of the BBC
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Originally Posted by pip08456 View Post
I'm sorry but I don't agree. What's the point of scrapping the TV license only to slap the cost onto another tax we all have to pay? That is just creative accounting and also shifts a tax burden onto those who genuinely do not have to pay for a TV license at present.
Yes, and it doesn't address the argument that some people don't use these entertainment services. It is fundamentally unfair, and the Corporation also has an in-built advantage against its commercial rivals with the shedloads of money it gets from the licence fee.

I really don't see the logic of applying a national tax through the council tax, which by its very nature, is for local needs.

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
It will never be sorted out, because, for some people*, unless the BBC totally agrees with and supports what their viewpoint is (and by corollary doesn’t show anything that disagrees with their viewpoint), it will be seen as "biased".

*this applies to all parts of the political spectrum
You are twisting it. The bias can be seen on programmes like 'Question Time', where those with opinions towards the right and towards Brexit are sneered at and cut off, whereas those to the left are allowed to drone on without interruption.

If you think that's balanced.....!
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