BBC Secrecy

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The BBC are refusing to give details of top radio presenters salaries to the National Audit Office, unless they sign a non-disclosure agreement. When I read this this morning I had a quick look at the date to make sure it wasn't April 1st. Excuse me but is this corporation not run entirely by the public's licensing fees and don't we have a right to know just what the like of Wogan and Ross are being paid:(
 
BBC all they are is a goverment controlled brainwashing, propaganda tool anyways.

and worse of all we have to pay for it.:rolleyes:
 
I wonder what would happen if someone requested the information under the Freedom of Information Act?

I've long since held the belief that the BBC should not be funded by a license.
 
Gayle said:
I wonder what would happen if someone requested the information under the Freedom of Information Act?

I've long since held the belief that the BBC should not be funded by a license.
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Are you trying it then?
 
Gayle said:
I wonder what would happen if someone requested the information under the Freedom of Information Act?

I've long since held the belief that the BBC should not be funded by a license.
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i think 99% of people think the bbc should fund its self

the other 1% are mugs
 
Gayle said:
I wonder what would happen if someone requested the information under the Freedom of Information Act?

I've long since held the belief that the BBC should not be funded by a license.
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I've been of the same mind Gayle because if the BBC funded itself, there would be no need for a lience fee:rolleyes:
 
If it were not publicly funded would it survive the competition from other broadcasters? I'm curious to know if there are any "content rules" for the BBC? Do they have to air a percentage of programs written and produced in Britain, rather than in the media factories of the US? Is the BBC uniquely British, or is it just another outlet for tv garbage? We don't pay a license, but millions of tax-payer dollars go to support the CBC. Because of this we can hear classical and jazz etc on CBC radio, and good talk shows, not interrupted by annoying ads. And on CBC tv there are decent Canadian produced shows: Corner Gas, Trailer Park Boys, and Little Mosque on the Prairies are favs of mine; and Due South, I know, is a favorite of at least one AccyWeb member:D. And these shows, written and produced in Canada, with Canadian actors might not survive without some form of govt. subsidy. On tv, the ad content is lower.
 
Ossywarrior said:
aren't the presenters entitled to the privacy as we are ? i wont give my salary details out to anybody.
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I don't believe they should be, not while they are paid from public money. We know how much Police, Fire and NHS staff are on so we should know how much BBC people are on.
 
I don't think it should be anyone's business to be honest. If you don't like the fact that the public pay for the BBC through tv licences, stop watching it. Or watch it online on iplayer for free like the majority of students do. The delay in broadcasting means you don't need a tv licence to watch it.

People whinge about these things and yet continue to use the service. I believe in boycotting things I disagree with.
 
blazey said:
I don't think it should be anyone's business to be honest. If you don't like the fact that the public pay for the BBC through tv licences, stop watching it. Or watch it online on iplayer for free like the majority of students do. The delay in broadcasting means you don't need a tv licence to watch it.

People whinge about these things and yet continue to use the service. I believe in boycotting things I disagree with.
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And I believe in boycotting things and people that disagree with me:D But isn't a national, govt. funded broadcaster a good idea? Whether thro' a licence such as you guys have to buy, or through a few extra bucks on taxes such as Canadians pay to have the CBC? The alternative is a mass of crap out of the US and ads for 20 mins. out of the hour. If you guys are concerned about a national identity, isn't the BBC part of it?
 
blazey said:
I don't think it should be anyone's business to be honest. If you don't like the fact that the public pay for the BBC through tv licences, stop watching it. Or watch it online on iplayer for free like the majority of students do. The delay in broadcasting means you don't need a tv licence to watch it.

People whinge about these things and yet continue to use the service. I believe in boycotting things I disagree with.
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you can be a goon at times blazey lol

you cant choose what your tv recieves , if it is capable of recieving any tv signal you have to pay a TV licence regardless if you watch bbc channels or not

ps:

the bbc a couple of years ago asked teh goverment to introduce an internet licence and believe me they wont have given up and that is why they brought in the iplayer so they can go back to teh govenment and say look we provide programs via teh internet now as well so can we please now charge an internet licence on top of what people alreay pay for tehir service wether or not they look at the bbc webistes or not

this is why the licence fee is against demoracey and freedom of choice, you pay for it wether you use it or not and face prison for not paying for somthing you dont watch

if they made tvs that were programed not to recieve bbc channels therefore givingteh customer a choice then that would be fair


i have 3 tvs in my house but i dont have to have a tv licence because i proved that i ha dno means to recieve a signal by having no ariel and no sky dish etc , i told them i used teh tvs for dvds and my xbox only and when they came to check it was all in order so i dont pay a licence

i do however get all my tv shows from america and off teh internet which is non of teh bbc's buisness so screw em lol
 
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The BBC tried to hide Ross's pay (our money remember) on the grounds that is was "sensitive" and he would be "poached". Who is going to pay this xxxxxx more than 18 million pounds to say "I like your film" ITV hasn't got two ha'pennies to rub together and Michael Grade is on his way out
 
wadey said:
The BBC tried to hide Ross's pay (our money remember) on the grounds that is was "sensitive" and he would be "poached". Who is going to pay this xxxxxx more than 18 million pounds to say "I like your film" ITV hasn't got two ha'pennies to rub together and Michael Grade is on his way out
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Totally agree wadey, plus the fact the ITV don't pay half the salaries that the Beeb do. To be quite honest if you were allowed to opt out of paying a licence fee, but by doing so you could not watch or listen to BBC TV and Radio, I'd be quite happy with that, with hundreds of channels on Sky I'd hardly be suck for something to watch
 
There should be no tv licence, revenue should be gotten from advertising like other channels do, I wonder if the licence fee helps certain mp's out, like the expenses did?
 
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