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Originally Posted by Diamond
Can somebody please tell me why the BBC broadcasts things like BBC America, BBC World Service and BBC Spain and things like that... what benefit is this to British people, who have paid for the service?
Other than this one minor point, I think the BBC is fine.
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BBC World Service,"Dedicated to the friendship of English-speaking peoples" as the inscription says above the Bush House entrance, receives a generous contribution from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, that is tax money, the FCO used to have a say over content. Certainly, when I lived overseas I valued its World Service radio broadcasts and was always amazed just how many locals would tune in to get an alternative to local state media.
