Absolutely. Mention to any oldie that you don’t pay the licence fee and they stare at you in disbelief
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Absolutely. Mention to any oldie that you don’t pay the licence fee and they stare at you in disbelief
Like many great things we will only miss it when it is gone and people realise the BBC is envied around the world. It is worth saving just for the independent well balanced news coverage alone.
I hope that is sarcasm, if not you are deluded.
I will never miss it and as someone said the only good thing they did in past decade is Attenborough's shows and he is one foot in the grave.
Who do you feel the bbc news is biased towards? I’m sure I can find you a dozen people who think it is biased the other way!
They’ll always have a slight bias towards the ruling government. You don’t bite the hand that feeds you. Or at least the hand that controls your funding.
Way to dodge the question, who is the BBC news consistently biased towards? Any specific examples to back up the trend of general bias? It is really easy to band about insults and facepalm jpg’s but a little bit harder to substantiate your argument!All fools like you.
Yet a simple Google throws up plenty of results for people saying the BBC is anti Brexit, anti Boris and ‘leftist’. For me the face that the right tend to think the BBC is left and the left think it is right tells you they are treading a narrow line pretty well!
They’re certainly anti-Scottish independence and regularly trash the SNP or simply ignore them in favour of the UK government.
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That'll be why UK Governments have crfiticised the BBC ever since it was established . . . the BBC simply doesn't recognise where its loyalty should lie
Because they feel the BBC should be pro-government rather than at least trying to be unbiased.That'll be why UK Governments have crfiticised the BBC ever since it was established . . . the BBC simply doesn't recognise where its loyalty should lie
A rare example of someone who has a case they certainly muddied the waters in the 2014 referendum and probably over stepped the line, hopefully they have learn't from that mistake ahead of the next one which I think is pretty much inevitable now.
I don't think they are inherently anti SNP as someone who lives in England they seem to get painted in a very positive light most of the time, Nicola Sturgeons reputation south of the boarder is certainly enhanced by BBC coverage. For me anyone who supports a party other than the big two will feel the BBC marginalise there party when in reality it is our political system that marginalises them as despite the SNP winning pretty much every seat in Scotland it doesn't get them any real influence at Westminster, probably why they support the adoption of some form of PR even though they would likely win less seats they would have more of an influence in the forming of coalitions etc.
@JohnG7 any constructive examples of bias to add?
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You're coming across like a right Victor Meldrew mate..
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Sounds like you don't believe it?
Happily keep paying for it then. I have zero interest in the BBC. I stream all my media, I don't watch live TV, and as such I'm not obligated to pay for a TV license.
The only time I even use BBC news if it's a new article that comes up on the Apple News app.
I don’t see your point? You don’t pay the license because you don’t need to great whoopdie do go you!
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I still remember when those redcaps got murdered in Majar-al-Kabir and the BBC reported it as "British gunmen killed by Iraqi soldiers". For that one incident alone they can **** right off.