Thread: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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Old 20-02-2012, 12:04   #1413
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
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Hardly emasculated with a garanteed income, backed up by the law, every government of recent times extending the charter seemingly on-the-nod and an 81% news takeup.
The problem is that the BBC is more or less on a fixed budget due to it's income coming from license fees. BSkyB has it's hands free to operate more as a business.

This is why the BBC funding is outdated, and TV licenses need to be scrapped.
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