Why the Boris and Cummings bbc hate?

[Fundoreen]

The 2 show all the signs of seeking revenge for past slights.
Boris due to the BBC being full of people that probably looked down on his buffonery over the years.
Cummings probably also made to feel inferior in the company of the highbrow BBC upper echelons.
Maybe many applications for a job ignored.
It could even be something like revenge for the mess they have made of Doctor Who.
The sort of show you imagine a young cummings being a fan of. Probably made a life size dalek and everything.
Along with Trump they certainly have a pied piper appeal.
Not suggesting their vast amount of followers are a load of rats or anything lol.

[PositronicRay]

The BBC are lefties, end of.

[rdjohn]

Because they are threatening the long term future of the organisation.

[skyrover]

I personally would not shed a tear if the BBC lost its state funding.

What kind of civilised country criminalizes people for owning a TV?

[chrispmartha]

skyrover said:

I personally would not shed a tear if the BBC lost its state funding.

What kind of civilised country criminalizes people for owning a TV?

Quite a few, how many have a service as good as the BBC to show for it?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licence

Also owning a TV does not mean you have to pay for a license

[rdjohn]

chrispmartha said:

skyrover said:

I personally would not shed a tear if the BBC lost its state funding.

What kind of civilised country criminalizes people for owning a TV?

Quite a few, how many have a service as good as the BBC to show for it?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licence

Also owning a TV does not mean you have to pay for a license

I absolutely agree, it is the benchmark that others have to exceed to be successful.

I think that the simplest solution would be to just roll the license fee into the community charge. That is what happens in France.

I also think that they need to spread themselves more thinly, quality rather than quantity should be their mantra.

Funding quality programs by other broadcasters should also be an objective.

However, when compared to Amazon Prime, Netflix and especially SKY, the BBC is very cheap.

[anonymous-user]

BBC are a bunch of lefties of that there can be little doubt IMO but whatever, it annoys Corbynites too so at worst it's probably Blairite in political persuasion. What I find staggering is the quality of their output for 5 billion quid a year. 5 billion! WTF! It's just garbage. If we must have an ''independent'' broadcaster why does it need to extend beyond news and current affairs? Why does everyone have to pay for drivel like eastenders and casualty?

[grumbledoak]

The BBC is institutionally left wing and Blairite, so no fan of the Conservatives.

They won't get rid of it though, it is too useful as a propaganda tool. They'll just threaten it into line a bit.

[Andeh1]

The right say the BBC is left, the left say the BBC is right. Look at the flack it got online after the torys stamped all over the corbyn. Hell check the M1 bridges beer Northampton for the "media = manipulation against corbyn" bks.

I roll my eyes at the bbc like the best of them, especially some of the more 'woke' bks they do over subscribe to... Buuuuuut compared America, Russia, China for their corruption.... And France, Italy for their toothless & trash... We ARE lucky to have the bbc and it is pretty good at being impartial on the main stuff.

[98elise]

chrispmartha said:

skyrover said:

I personally would not shed a tear if the BBC lost its state funding.

What kind of civilised country criminalizes people for owning a TV?

Quite a few, how many have a service as good as the BBC to show for it?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licence

Also owning a TV does not mean you have to pay for a license

What's good about it? Daytime TV filled with cheap quiz/antique/house buying shows. Soaps every night, and a celeb show with a panel of judges for prime time Saturday night.

If it's was good quality service people would pay for it. That's how a free market should work.

[Tannedbaldhead]

The BBC isn't leftist they are institutionally conservative, socially liberal and politically centerist.

[chrispmartha]

98elise said:

chrispmartha said:

skyrover said:

I personally would not shed a tear if the BBC lost its state funding.

What kind of civilised country criminalizes people for owning a TV?

Quite a few, how many have a service as good as the BBC to show for it?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licence

Also owning a TV does not mean you have to pay for a license

What's good about it? Daytime TV filled with cheap quiz/antique/house buying shows. Soaps every night, and a celeb show with a panel of judges for prime time Saturday night.

If it's was good quality service people would pay for it. That's how a free market should work.

Yes that’s all the BBC produce isn’t it.

Maybe take your blinkers off and have a watch or listen of some of the excellent stuff they do produce.

[Fundoreen]

No real answers for why do these two nuts care so much about the BBC.
They have bigger things to solve but go for this.
If the USA elect someone normal this year they are toast.
I predict a couple of years of erratic stupidity followed by the tories deciding to get bojo out and put in a normal leader.

[grumbledoak]

Fundoreen said:

If the USA elect someone normal this year they are toast.

Now go look at the candidates.

[Porsche guy]

chrispmartha said:

Yes that’s all the BBC produce isn’t it.

Maybe take your blinkers off and have a watch or listen of some of the excellent stuff they do produce.

BBC 1 and BBC 2, plus 1 radio station, it should be reduced to that for a much smaller licence fee and the rest subscription.

Why should pensioners/others pay for the world service et al.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I always though the BBC had a left wing bias, but their coverage of the election was very favourable to the Conservatives. Not only was the PM not held to account for his past record, several "mistakes" were made that positively bailed him out of his various calamities.

[MB140]

grumbledoak said:

Fundoreen said:

If the USA elect someone normal this year they are toast.

Now go look at the candidates.

I’ve just spent some time working out in the states. Despite what we as the world think of him. There are a large proportion of Americans that think he is doing a grand job. There economy is doing well. Unemployment rates are good. He protects American interests both domestically and abroad. The average American has more money in his pocket.

I can’t see any of the current people standing against him having an easy win. I predict he will be in for a second term.

[Pesty]

Because the license enforced by thread of gaol even if you don’t watch BBC is an abomination and anybody that supports it is in the wrong side of history.

[eldar]

98elise said:

What's good about it? Daytime TV filled with cheap quiz/antique/house buying shows. Soaps every night, and a celeb show with a panel of judges for prime time Saturday night.

If it's was good quality service people would pay for it. That's how a free market should work.

Likewise with health care, education and emergency services?

[dai1983]

98elise said:

What's good about it? Daytime TV filled with cheap quiz/antique/house buying shows. Soaps every night, and a celeb show with a panel of judges for prime time Saturday night.

If it's was good quality service people would pay for it. That's how a free market should work.

They produce what a large amount of the population actually want to watch. ITV is commercial and produces very similar crap shows but there’s more of them and worse quality.