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Originally Posted by papa smurf
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It might even make me vote kipper again but sadly it's just a headline grabber they know they won't have to commit to
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Originally Posted by Mr K
It's not a profit making business, it's a public service broadcaster. It means it doesn't have 20 minutes of adverts every hour and makes programmes that others won't because they're not profitable. It would just become a Sky clone going down market. Another in the 100s of crap cable channels, many of whom are showing repeats of BBC shows.
As for bias, all politicians try to bully the BBC. The main complaints this week have been complaints of a bias against Corbyn. A lot of their presenters have a Tory background bias e.g Kluennsberg /Nick Robinson. I'm not too worried about that as every is entitled to their own slant on things as long as it's broadly balanced out by others.
The BBC has had a lot of cuts, e.g BBC3; however the £13 a month it costs compares very favourably to other providers esp. since most of it is new/original. We'll be sorry when it's gone, like the NHS better keeping politicians away from it.
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Oh yes, 13 quid or zero pounds, that does compare very favourably, it's straight out of the Gordon Brown school of fiscal/ financial calculations