The BBC want so stick their fee on to broadband payments now. The scummyness never stops. It's time to just let it die I think
Can you image them trying to enforce it Boris won’t allow it.
The BBC want so stick their fee on to broadband payments now. The scummyness never stops. It's time to just let it die I think
Remind me, which other news services make any sort of attempt to be "impartial"?
I suspect that you PERSONALLY couldn't care less about impartiality because you believe that corporations and the rich and powerful have an absolute right to pay to frame debate and the news to suit their agenda.
Despite your incredibly selfish perspective, there are many people who appreciate various different parts of the National Broadcaster's output, some of them may even feel that Sky / Netflix / Amazon is absolute populist, worthless, escapist soma for the brain-dead.
The BBC are no more Impartial than ITV, CH4, Ch5. Not wanting to pay for a service you don't use isn't selfish, it's sensible. In the same way I don't pay for a subscription to Angling Weekly.Remind me, which other news services make any sort of attempt to be "impartial"?
I suspect that you PERSONALLY couldn't care less about impartiality because you believe that corporations and the rich and powerful have an absolute right to pay to frame debate and the news to suit their agenda.
Despite your incredibly selfish perspective, there are many people who appreciate various different parts of the National Broadcaster's output, some of them may even feel that Sky / Netflix / Amazon is absolute populist, worthless, escapist soma for the brain-dead.
BBC are about as impartial as The Guardian. I love how that paper begs for donations.
Because they know if it went subscription only no one would visit.
i earn next to nothing tbh but although im not thrilled about paying the fee i use bbc services a hell of a lot ,iplayer on my now tv stick is defiantly my favorite app use it more than sky cinema (£2.40 a month) ,and pretty much constant live stream as my satellite dish only works when the winds in a certain direction (yeh i know ,and i will sort it eventually) so not over happy but not losing sleep over it
I love how that paper begs for donations.
The BBC is not an essential service, what the heck are people on about?
Whether you use it (BBC) or not is irrelevant, it's not REQUIRED. The same way Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are not required. The fact they still try and charge the licence fee in this day and age shows how behind the times they are and unless the government starts mandating that people pay for it then I can see a lot of the newer generations thinking "sod that" when you see the level of quality and content that the streaming services pump out. With Disney+, Netflix, Amazon, NowTV, Brtibox and YouTube you could dump the beeb and not miss a thing... even Attenborough is on Netflix these days!
Just because you are gullible and think the BBC is impartial doesn't make it so. The BBC is an outdated system for old fashioned people that doesn't offer anything of much value. While it was once impartial it stopped being that years ago. BBC's content is both tiny and inferior to the better alternatives.I have a similar experience, I use the service every day in one form or another and consider it tremendous value. The news service is world class and impartial and that's really important to me. I haven't bought a physical newspaper for many years; I go between the BBC news app and Guardian app which I also pay the subscription for (£5.99 per month, again great value). You only need to look at the likes of Piers Morgan on the ITV show in the morning and you can see why the BBC structure is absolutely essential. Radio 2 is a daily staple for me, too.
Of course, that's just the media output. All the little cheerleaders here can't see past that, which is why they make ridiculous comparisons with media companies like Netflix that charge almost as much for a tiny fraction of the content/service you get from the BBC. It's laughable. The latest foam at the mouth event has been prompted by the suggestion that they might bundle a charge into the broadband fees - which kind of makes sense to me, I wouldn't be against that in principle. If media rivals can run their business via a broadband network that the licence fee contributes to build and maintain, then why shouldn't the BBC get some pay back?
We get irate about it as those of us that do not use the service get treated like criminals by the BBC and some people on here try and make it out like we are wrong and guiltily, when we are not.You don't need to use the service and if you choose not to, it would mean you currently don't need to pay for it. I'm not sure why people get so irate about something like this, I suppose it's just another symptom of this strange new world we seem to live in.
Whereas super-cool, trendy fashion and technology leaders such as yourself get your incredibly valuable entertainment and "impartial" information from where exactly. . . The BBC is an outdated system for old fashioned people that doesn't offer anything of much value. . . .
Just because you are gullible and think the BBC is impartial doesn't make it so
For me Prime and Netflix offer vastly superior entertainment both in quantity, quality and superior ways to watch. As for impartial news I never found a perfect source so I use multiple sources and cross reference to make my own judgment. Like a lot of people, I found BBC has massively slipped compared to what they used to be. Even the director general of BBC agrees in 2019 saying in reference to being impartial “weakened in recent years”Whereas super-cool, trendy fashion and technology leaders such as yourself get your incredibly valuable entertainment and "impartial" information from where exactly
You are living in the past and it’s not just a statement as there is plenty of evidence to back it up. 20+ years ago BBC was impartial. Today they are hardly any different from CNN, ITV, channel 4 or Sky News. Since 2005 and onwards there have been lots of reports from lots of different places critiquing BBC bias and lack of being impartial. Below is just a tiny handful.That's just a statement with nothing to back it up. The BBC is impartial to a fault, with a robust complaints process, The BBC charter etc. Commercial media organisations don't operate a fraction of the checks and safeguards that the BBC do because they are different. That's the point.
Just making bland petulant statements saying "The BBC is a biased organisation" offers nothing. It means nothing without something that many people now dismiss as an inconvenience... Actual evidence. Facts. The truth.
Now who is making a statement with nothing to back it up. BBC used to be different but around about 2005 something started to go wrong and they had been on a steady decline. I see no evidence BBC of today are any better or have better checks and safeguards. BBC is no longer any different from the other channels that is the point." Commercial media organisations don't operate a fraction of the checks and safeguards that the BBC do because they are different. That's the point."
Has the license fee been scrapped?
Not paid the fee in a while..