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garinda · 22-02-2008, 10:09

I'm really suprised Thatcher didn't get her hands on the BBC, particularly because of the supposed left-wing bias of it's news coverage, and which to all intents and purposes is a nationalised company. After all her government privatised everything else.

Why should we have to pay to support a company which is funded by a licence fee, and which through it's World Service broadcasts programmes in Ukranian, for example? The Ukranians certainly don't have to pay to listen to it, but sadly we do.

Are Messrs Ross and Norton worth their £18 and £13 million pound respective salaries? Who knows, as this isn't an open market, it's a closed shop, using money raised by us.

It should sink or swim on it's own merits, and as for the quality of the programmes, for every Attenborough documentary there's also a Fame Accadamy, or whatever the latest thing is they've copied off ITV.

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garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	Re: TV Licence I'm really suprised Thatcher didn't get her hands on the BBC, particularly because of the supposed left-wing bias of it's news coverage, and which to all intents and purposes is a nationalised company. After all her government privatised everything else. Why should we have to pay to support a company which is funded by a licence fee, and which through it's World Service broadcasts programmes in Ukranian, for example? The Ukranians certainly don't have to pay to listen to it, but sadly we do. Are Messrs Ross and Norton worth their £18 and £13 million pound respective salaries? Who knows, as this isn't an open market, it's a closed shop, using money raised by us. It should sink or swim on it's own merits, and as for the quality of the programmes, for every Attenborough documentary there's also a Fame Accadamy, or whatever the latest thing is they've copied off ITV. __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.