Bear in mind that I am fishing around in memories that are like twenty years old when I say stuff like this. Not that I paid much attention to this sort of thing when I was there; I was a teenager and all I knew was Radio Caroline :)
But ok, it sounds sort of like public broadcasting. I also didnt know that was where the money for that license went :) Avoiding it was a great pastime in Finsbury Park when I was there :) But hmm, over hear they are having some sort of committee meeting behind closed doors, and I don't think they plan to produce a report. So the Brits may be somewhat more open on this one. Also, that was a serious question, does Labour have a majority at the moment? Do they have that tradition in Britain of the vote of no confidence that they have in Canada? Dana >> From: Adam Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 June 2003 08:12 >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: RE: the right loses patience? >> >> >> The BBC isn't government run (as far as I can recall). >> >> I think the governer of the BBC is chosen by the government. Not sure on >> this, but I think candidates for the job are chosen on skill and >> experience, not on political leaning. The BBC prides itself on its >> independence. Which is why this has been thrown up as a critical issue. >> The BBC feel the government did 'sex' up the dossier, and the Government >> says it didn't. They have an independent comittee reporting on this >> today(I think). >> >> As to the funding, if you own a TV(or VCR) in the UK, you have to pay a >> yearly licence fee. This goes directly to the BBC. Its worth it not to >> receive adverts every 5-7 minutes. :) >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: 29 June 2003 22:01 >> > To: CF-Community >> > Subject: Re: the right loses patience? >> > >> > >> > hrm, looks like there are some checks and balances there; they are > >> appointed by the Queen and responsible to Parliament. Is Blair running > >> a minority government I wonder? Probably right now we are at the stage > >> of the reporter and editor standing by the story and being held to > >> account by the governors. Still, be interesting to see what happens > >> when government and government-run media collide. On the whole I think > >> I have faith....if they were going to hush it up they would have done > >> so by now. >> > >> > Dana >> > >> > Jim Davis writes: >> > >> > > I'm probably wrong, but I thought that the BBC had been privatized. >> > > >> > > In fact I am wrong. From www.bbc.co.uk: >> > > >> > > "The BBC is run in the interests of its viewers and listeners. > > >> Twelve governors act as trustees of the public interest and regulate >> > the BBC. They >> > > are appointed by the Queen on advice from ministers." >> > > >> > > Here's the link: >> > > >> > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/running/ >> > > >> > > Jim Davis >> > > >> > > > -----Original Message----- >> > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 4:37 PM >> > > > To: CF-Community >> > > > Subject: Re: the right loses patience? >> > > > >> > > > By the way, I saw that Blair is accusing the BBC of lying >> > when it says his >> > > > administration lied about WMD :) Interesting situation. I >> > have a sinking >> > > > feeling that the BBC is bound to lose though; what's the >> > situation there? >> > > > Are the people who run it appointed by the prime minister, >> > the Queen, or >> > > > what? They wouldn't be elected... would they? DO they have a >> > definite term >> > > > or do they serve at the pleasure of whoever appointed them? >> > Just curious >> > > > :) >> > > > >> > > > Dana >> > > > >> > > > Adam Reynolds writes: >> > > > >> > > > > To be honest, tough cookie. The US/UK whent in on trumped up WMD >> > > > > information, won and must now deal with the aftermath. They >> > cannot just >> > > > > 'leave'. >> > > > > >> > > > > All part of good customer service :P >> > > > > >> > > > > > -----Original Message----- >> > > > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > > Sent: 29 June 2003 17:16 >> > > > > > To: CF-Community >> > > > > > Subject: the right loses patience? >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > wow... pat buchanan weighs in. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > http://www.washingtondispatch.com/article_5945.shtml >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Dana >> > > > > > >> > > > > > But I don't make films >> > > > > > But if I did they'd have a samurai - Bare Naked Ladies >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
