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Originally Posted by Chris
It can be paid out of the general tax take, but the reason it is not done that way is because it would create a direct financial link between HM Treasury and the state broadcaster. That’s politically unacceptable, because most of our politicians understand that the reputation of public service broadcasting in this country hangs on its independence from government as well as its quality.
We are never, ever going to see public service broadcasting become a line item on the chancellor’s spreadsheet. Whether it be a future funding model that goes entirely to the BBC or one in which various PSBs apply for grants to fulfil public service obligations, there must be, and will be, a firewall between broadcasters and government.
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If that’s true, the power to commission public services broadcasting in line with government criteria could be allocated to a quango or some other independent body of the government’s choosing.
The budget could come from a broadcasting levy as an example.
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Originally Posted by Chris
Nope, that’s not how it works. You don’t make a claim then ask someone to prove the negative. You believe something, onus is on you to prove it. If you can’t offer reasons for what you believe, I call BS. Simples.  |
I agree, Chris. But I think it is the case that there is a majority of liberal minded reporters who skew the news to suit their own agenda. The obsession with the climate agenda is just one example of that. The failure of Jeremy Bowen to either check out his report that Israel destroyed that hospital in his infamous report and not to caution that this information came from Hamas sources is another.
I used to admire the BBC a couple of decades ago, but I take everything with a pinch of salt now. It has lost its raison d’ętre.