Should the BBC be privatised?
Discussion
onomatopoeia said:
Fittster said:
Has the licence changed?
Failure to pay the TV licence is not an imprisonable offence, unless you know different. Even the 16 year old article you quoted does not say that it is.Fittster said:
onomatopoeia said:
Fittster said:
Has the licence changed?
Failure to pay the TV licence is not an imprisonable offence, unless you know different. Even the 16 year old article you quoted does not say that it is.While you didn't ask about it, if you do not pay any fine imposed by a court it is likely the judge will imprison you (not sure what for - contempt?) It would be a bad day indeed if people could ignore fines imposed by courts.
History Channel cakes are always a bit stale.
Discovery Channel cakes have WAY too many chemicals and e-numbers.
National Geographic cakes are likely to expand too much and eventually reach the limits of the known universe. Alternatively they may shrink so nuch when taken out of the oven that they can collapse into a mini-black hole.
Discovery Channel cakes have WAY too many chemicals and e-numbers.
National Geographic cakes are likely to expand too much and eventually reach the limits of the known universe. Alternatively they may shrink so nuch when taken out of the oven that they can collapse into a mini-black hole.
Edited by Eric Mc on Tuesday 29th June 16:08
TuxRacer said:
Parrot of Doom said:
TuxRacer said:
Parrot of Doom said:
I don't watch ITV but still have to pay for the thing, every single time I visit the supermarket.
Other supermarkets are available. Ones which don't pay for ITV.And what do those supermarkets sell?
Alternatives to supermarkets that advertise on TV include local produce from local shops, grow your own - all sorts of options that do not result from an enforced action after a free choice, but derive from an equally free choice.
Not that this is comparable in the first place.
Analogies that try to excuse the biased broadcasting communists and their legalised licence fee extortion always fail. What other instance is there when a free choice to avail yourself of a free at point of receipt service option causes you to be put under the frighteners for a large fine if you then don't cough up for a service you don't want and would not have a problem with never using again?
The failings of the BBC are obvious and appalling and cannot be excused by anything else as these failings are so fundamental.
Fittster said:
thinfourth2 said:
If the beeb is so terrible then where is the commercial version of Question time?
Where is the UK commercials version of the high quality programs produced by the US channel HBO?They don't exist because the tax that we are forced to pay makes the BBC so dominate in the market it prevents the commercial sector flourishing within the UK. For example does any newspaper stand a chance with it's website if the BBC can lavish huge amounts of taxpayers cash at its own service??
Halb said:
Fittster said:
thinfourth2 said:
If the beeb is so terrible then where is the commercial version of Question time?
Where is the UK commercials version of the high quality programs produced by the US channel HBO?They don't exist because the tax that we are forced to pay makes the BBC so dominate in the market it prevents the commercial sector flourishing within the UK. For example does any newspaper stand a chance with it's website if the BBC can lavish huge amounts of taxpayers cash at its own service??
As that is the main complaint is the left leaning bias which personally i don't see as i don't watch BBC news i do listen to radio 4 which seems pretty balanced
The other main complaint is the cost which is simple
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptj2qKIswLw
As lets face it the content is 90% s
t and 10% remaining i am happy to pay forthinfourth2 said:
Halb said:
Fittster said:
thinfourth2 said:
If the beeb is so terrible then where is the commercial version of Question time?
Where is the UK commercials version of the high quality programs produced by the US channel HBO?They don't exist because the tax that we are forced to pay makes the BBC so dominate in the market it prevents the commercial sector flourishing within the UK. For example does any newspaper stand a chance with it's website if the BBC can lavish huge amounts of taxpayers cash at its own service??
I was referring to drama/comedy. I think the quality of these would go down, markedly.
The BBC's motto is to inform, educate and entertain. It should inform and educate (maybe on one channel paid for out of the education budget, and a decision to pay for this should be compared against other forms of education, e.g. providing adult education courses at colleges). If I want to watch entertainment programmes (many of which are excellent), I should be able to choose to subscribe or pay on demand for the programmes I want to watch.
purplepolarbear said:
The BBC's motto is to inform, educate and entertain. It should inform and educate (maybe on one channel paid for out of the education budget, and a decision to pay for this should be compared against other forms of education, e.g. providing adult education courses at colleges). If I want to watch entertainment programmes (many of which are excellent), I should be able to choose to subscribe or pay on demand for the programmes I want to watch.
In an ideal world i would only pay for what i want to watchSadly what i want to watch is only enjoyed by a minority so the programs i enjoy would vanish and would be replaced by crap which morons want to watch and are cheap and easy to make.
So i will keep paying the license fee 90% of which goes on crap and 10% of which is quality
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