And straddling the fence, Murdoch employees have long called for the BBC to
privatize the mass appeal radio nets and sell their most popular TV shows
("Doctor Who," "EastEnders," "Strictly Come Dancing," Graham Norton) to
commercial interests--of which I would assume Murdoch's BSkyB would snatch
them up in a second.Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:22 AM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > Not specifically British (but the child of an ex-pat, so I'm somewhat > familiar.) The last time I paid attention, the people dodging the license > fee are mostly doing it because they don't want to buy a license, for > political or other reasons. In my experience, most of the people accusing > the BBC of airing propaganda are right-wingers who think that any broadcast > in which people express opinions that run contrary to theirs or state facts > which are inconvenient to their worldview counts as left-wing propaganda. > > The left-wing criticism of the BBC is that they air too much mass-market > programming and should focus more on high culture/arts and current affairs. > That plus the center-right idea that entirely state-funded entities > shouldn't be competing with the private sector seem to be getting enough > traction that people are seriously talking about cutting the BBC's budget. > > > On 10 April 2013 11:00, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Lately, for some reason the YouTube "Recommended for You" E-mails I get >> have included this video on how to try to dodge the guy who comes to >> collect the license fee that keeps the BBC from having to run ads or pledge >> drives: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfHRhXW1hno&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs >> >> I do know that people have always tried to dodge the license fee and that >> it may've been more widespread some years ago than it is now. The poster, >> "BantheBBC," says that he is presenting "A channel dedicated to exposing >> BBC bias, censorship, extortion and paedophilia" (that's a reference to the >> Jimmy Savile affair, I assume). I can't really tell from the description >> to the clip, but are these guys (who I'm sure are a very small minority) >> extreme right, extreme left or both? I call upon our British >> correspondents for any thoughts. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > David J. Lynch > [email protected] > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
