TV Licence Super Thread

Werewolf · 17 Jan 2017 at 15:43

asim18 said:
I'm happy to hear you smiled but it's actually pretty serious.

Did you watch Panorama last night? Absolute horse**** propaganda. John Sweeney is an absolute tool. I couldn't stop laughing when he antagonised people into leaving an interview and then pulled that puppydog face to tell the audience he couldn't possibly have said anything wrong.

That's nothing compared to the time they flashed a subliminal message telling black people to "Kill white police officers". That moment simply epitomised everything for me.

Did you happen to get any evidence or proof of that subliminal message?
Or was it an incorrect/incomplete caption or something?

Given how many people record TV, and how many homes have PVR's etc that allow live pausing/rewind/playback I'd image it would be extremely hard to do subliminal stuff without it being spotted and blased all over the place.

Basher · 17 Jan 2017 at 15:48

Tummy said:
Except it's not left leaning at all, nor pro EU.

In your opinion, perhaps. But in the opinion of many, many other it's pretty left wing. The stories they run with are basically whatever happens to be in the Guardian that day.

something daft already!! · 17 Jan 2017 at 15:50

Subliminal messaging doesn't work. They realised this back in the early days of Cinema.

ubersonic · 17 Jan 2017 at 16:16

Basher said:
In your opinion, perhaps. But in the opinion of many, many other it's pretty left wing.

Generally speaking if both the left wing and the right wing complain something is biased against them that's a pretty solid indication that it's neutral.

Avenged7Fold · 17 Jan 2017 at 16:30

The BBC like all media companies, cater to their audience. Their audience is incredibly wide ranging and numerous instead of made up mostly of certain demographics like many other media outlets. Due to the BBC's audience, it tries to be politically neutral. When the crowd mentality seems to shift toward one idea the BBC will try to match it.

That said, obviously some bias falls through the cracks but at the end of the day, all media outlets are the same. The ones with the widest audience tend to be the most politically neutral.

McBain · 17 Jan 2017 at 17:40

asim18 said:
That's nothing compared to the time they flashed a subliminal message telling black people to "Kill white police officers". That moment simply epitomised everything for me.

Er?

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 17 Jan 2017 at 18:34

asim18 said:
I'm happy to hear you smiled but it's actually pretty serious.

Did you watch Panorama last night? Absolute horse**** propaganda. John Sweeney is an absolute tool. I couldn't stop laughing when he antagonised people into leaving an interview and then pulled that puppydog face to tell the audience he couldn't possibly have said anything wrong.

That's nothing compared to the time they flashed a subliminal message telling black people to "Kill white police officers". That moment simply epitomised everything for me.

Going to need a genuine link for that or people will think you are one of those conspiracy nuts (you are a conspiracy nut).

KIA · 17 Jan 2017 at 18:59

Over and over. :/

413x · 17 Jan 2017 at 22:27

If I'm not being a licence is it better to just ignore the to the homeowner letters or declare you don't have one?

Pottsey · 17 Jan 2017 at 22:34

413x said:
If I'm not being a licence is it better to just ignore the to the homeowner letters or declare you don't have one?

That depends how lucky you are. Sometimes declaring you don't have one cause's nothing but problems, sometimes it means they leave you along for years.

robgmun · 18 Jan 2017 at 09:45

413x said:
If I'm not being a licence is it better to just ignore the to the homeowner letters or declare you don't have one?

I suppose many people aren't licence, i can tell you i'm not a licence.....or a shop

Avenged7Fold · 18 Jan 2017 at 09:58

413x said:
If I'm not being a licence is it better to just ignore the to the homeowner letters or declare you don't have one?

Had to read twice to understand

Deleted member 77746 · 19 Jan 2017 at 08:17

413x said:
If I'm not being a licence is it better to just ignore the to the homeowner letters or declare you don't have one?

I'm not a licence!

D3K · 19 Jan 2017 at 08:23

Just got a letter with a little preview window showing dates, with one of them circled.

That's a new one for me.

Nasher · 19 Jan 2017 at 08:24

413x said:
If I'm not being a licence is it better to just ignore the to the homeowner letters or declare you don't have one?

Just fill in the form telling them you don't need one. Sometimes they will send the mafia round to check you don't actually have an aerial connected up (though you don't actually have to let them in, they have no powers). After that it should stop, at least for a while.

Theres also a form to revoke their implied right of access to your land. If you send that in they aren't allowed to even knock on your door as they would then be trespassing.

rIcK · 19 Jan 2017 at 23:34

Doesn't the TV license get used for a number of "other" things beyond just television broadcast, such as radio broadcast infrastructure, world service, broadband rollout, bits of money to ITV / Channel 4, digital television rollout etc?

Then things the BBC does as far as R&D is concerned are typically for the benefit of everyone. I am sure are countless other things I have not mentioned.

Narj · 19 Jan 2017 at 23:59

I do think the BBC does some great things, especially with promoting the arts. That's often overshadowed by the mainstream rubbish.

Maybe the R&D part should be split off as I'd not object to that being taxpayer funded.

Avenged7Fold · 20 Jan 2017 at 09:42

Narj said:
Maybe the R&D part should be split off as I'd not object to that being taxpayer funded.

The taxpayer fund well goes deep but runs dry. You could dig deeper but it only seems to get dryer.

Tefal · 20 Jan 2017 at 10:11

Nasher said:
This^

They just invited in a bunch of London hipsters to berate him.

Thing is tbough i always thought he came off quite well.

Thier stacking the deck made him very much the under dog.

And this is from somone who doesnt like him.

I find him a typical politician and a bit odious but you have to admit the man is a good speaker and quick on his feet when backed into corners that leave most politicians repeating thier trained in answet over and over

Nasher · 20 Jan 2017 at 11:00

Yea people kicked off at him and called him right wing without letting him get a word in, the BBC also loved to show him speaking out of context. But really, there is no real right wing in the UK. Everyone (bar a handful of people) is center or left when you compare it to most of the world.

(Not that I voted for him either).

But now they are probably regretting it, because the Brits love an underdog and brexit has ultimately won