Surely, with the advent of digital tv and the demise of quality tv programmes, we must have the choice to subscribe to such channels as BBC3, 4 and so on and pay a reduced licence fee.
2006-11-11 04:49:49 · 15 answers · asked by Sarah n Will A 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
the governments unnofficial mouthpiece the bbc is nothing more than a leftist politically correct bully.TV viewers being made to stand and deliver increasing licence fees year after year for rapidly decreasing quality of viewing.The licence fee was introduced originally for anyone having a TV reciever when bbc was the only channel.Well, the world has turned since then and there can be no moral justification for the licence fee any more.
WE dont get to choose in any shape or form how the money is spent..leftist liberals are promoted at great cost to positions in the bbc where they have no appropriate skills.Because the government makes it an offence not to pay the licence fee then the bbc is one of the few institutions in a modern democracy that can demand such outlandish unprincipled fees without attempting to give proper account.The programming is biased to the left and biased in favour of new labour, it is driven by unrelenting political correctness regardless whether it is an innaccurate portrayal of the nature of the actual programme.
Scrap the licence fee and make the bbc work for its money on the fair and competetive basis that all the other networks have to!
Some of the answers are completely missing the point.It doesnt matter if the bbc is value for money, the point is that we still have to pay even if we choose not to watch!
2006-11-11 05:29:29 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Although the BBC produce some great tv shows, and claim they need to charge a licence fee as they don't have adverts, in a way they do. In between shows they have clips advertising there own shows. Admittedly this isn't as bad as 5mins worth on channels like itv,c4, sky etc, but it is still irritating
2006-11-11 19:05:19 · answer #2 · answered by Rebecca 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If anything ITV is now the biggest insult to intelligence and ripe for a buy out. I'm happy with the Beeb on TV, radio and Internet especially if I compare it to Sky, where i would have to pay, pay and pay again (what's the cheapest package for Sky? £15 quid a month?, add another tenner for SKY+ subscription and still get adverts ,variable quality content as well as biased news coverage- the TV license still works out cheaper).I watch telly much less than in the past and tend to cherry pick the best. If I don't like it, I don't watch it and go and do something else even if I just rent a DVD.You do have a choice.
2006-11-11 13:05:28 · answer #3 · answered by emread2002 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Definitely.....especially after being exposed for that farce against Nick Griffin......I have already held my licence fee on political grounds..as the BBC are meant to be unbiased....however the truth is very different and am looking forward to my day in court, if they have the guts to take me there! I don't subscribe to political parties I don't support, so why should I be forced to subscribe to their media arm!! This is a democracy after all!!!
2006-11-11 13:04:28 · answer #4 · answered by kbw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Disagree entirely. For an all round package, their TV, radio and internet coverage beats all other competitors hands-down.
Admittedly, they do produce the occasional bit of trash, but then, have you watched ITV recently?
2006-11-12 04:34:41 · answer #5 · answered by rawberry99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, although most of what they broadcast is crap. This can be said about most channels. The BBC still does produce programmes of the utmost quality like Planet Earth, Extras and QI. They also don't show ads.
2006-11-11 13:05:52 · answer #6 · answered by wildfoot 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
you must be joking the output from the bbc is the envy of the world,itv,sky and a lot of the rest are more adverts than programmes,if you work out pound for pound the bbc is the dogs back legs,dont forget you get bbc 1,2,3,4,24 hr news,two children's channels,loads of radio,plus both local radio & tv & web content.
2006-11-11 15:38:58 · answer #7 · answered by Cool Dude 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The BBC's one saving grace is the lack of adverts. I record most of what I want to watch these days so I can ff through them.
2006-11-11 12:55:06 · answer #8 · answered by mistral23 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I agree. When you have 101 bills to pay, you don't want this enforced 'entertainment' bill landing on your doormat!!!
2006-11-11 13:17:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
lets have a tv revolution
2006-11-11 13:00:37 · answer #10 · answered by tomzy33 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋