Thread: General Channel 4 to be privatised
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Old 10-04-2022, 16:16   #94
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Re: Channel 4 to be privatised
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
It will be interesting to hear the debate in the Commons if this idea proceeds. I certainly agree with the need to bring in private finance, etc, but I’m not sure why Nadine appears to have rejected that idea.

I wouldn’t be in favour of privatisation if it was purely on ideological grounds.
It sems to be purely on ideological grounds, for as you say, there's other means to bring private funding into Channel 4 if the government wished to. Let's not forget that Dorries is not exactly an expert in broadcasting and thought Channel 4 was subsidised by the state.
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