Your rather partial to that phrase aren't you.
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Your rather partial to that phrase aren't you.
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Please put me on if you can't stand being proved wrong.
People claim many things, it doesn't mean you don't believe them.
Like I said don't ever be in a Jury if you think the word 'claim' means 'don't believe'.
Clearly shouldn't be subsidised by the English and Scotish, if the Welsh want a Welsh language station then their TV licence fee should be higher to cover 100% of its cost.
Never heard of it; so its a "BBC" Gaelic station for Scotland again it should be 100% funded by Scotish people paying a higher TV licence not subsidised by the rest of the country.
You mean "BBC" radio journalists
So the BBC then...
And as far as I'm concerned if people outside the UK aren't willing to pay for the world services and they can't or won't fund them with sponsors or adverts then shut them all down, world services should not be funded via a TV licence.
There aren't any education channels that I'm aware of and things like bitesize should be ran by the DFE and central funding not paid for via a TV licence.
The licence fee is far too high and offers little of interest the BBC needs to be culled. If you want regional language TV broadcasts then you can have one English region locked channel funded by people that live in England, one region locked Wesh channel funded by people that live in Wales and one region locked Gaelic channel funded by people that live in Scotland and the rest can be shut down or put behind a paywall for dross like Eastenders.
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BBC World Service is one of the biggest 'soft power' projects we have.
No I inferred it from what you wrote just like you did there^
Here you go I edited it for you:
Which they will be able to make a lot harder to do using DRM once they turn off all the live broadcasts.
BBC World service should not be funded by the TV licence and the UK has very little influence on world matters these days just absurd historical oddities like the royal family and house of lords that need to be binned off.
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Global Reach, National Impact: The soft power impact of the BBC World Service to the UK
This report is the first attempt to assess an individual UK institution for its contribution to national soft power - and the clearest picture yet of why the BBC World Service matters more than ever.
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It doesn't need editing, what drugs are you on?
I claim I'm 68, male, very small, fat and bald am I lying?
I claim I have 5x TVs in the house - am I lying?
Since when has the word claim meant don't believe
A lot of the content I listen to on the BBC these days is on the World Service. Crowd Science, Unexpected Elements, The Documentary Podcast, Health Check - all good shows.Global Reach, National Impact: The soft power impact of the BBC World Service to the UK
This report is the first attempt to assess an individual UK institution for its contribution to national soft power - and the clearest picture yet of why the BBC World Service matters more than ever.
They're generally more science-focused and positive news stuff. A lot better than listening to the latest news from the orange walking corpse.
" LIVE TV "
Watching Amazon movies, Netflix Movies and Youtube music videos = NOT Live TV / TV Licence
Besides anything not on those streaming services gets downloaded anyway
The BBC can swivel
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Wow, the BBC is a UK Public Service for all, if all UK citizens are paying the TV License then they deserve their own channels.
The BBC wasn't created for the English only, it was created for the English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish.
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It doesn't need editing, what drugs are you on?
I claim I'm 68, male, very small, fat and bald am I lying?
I claim I have 5x TVs in the house - am I lying?
Since when has the word claim meant don't believe
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Yes, it can imply that the writer is skeptical, especially because of the word “claimed.” It creates some distance from the statement and may suggest the writer isn’t fully convinced that those people truly don’t have TVs.
However, it doesn’t definitively mean the writer thinks it’s false. It could simply mean “said” or “stated.”
Neutral: “Some people on here have said they don’t have TVs.”
More skeptical: “Some people on here have claimed they don’t have TVs.”
Clearly doubtful: “Some people on here say they don’t have TVs, but I don’t believe them.”
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Yes, the word "claimed" suggests that the writer feels skeptical or doubts the truth of the statement.Here is why:The word "claimed": Writers often use "claimed" instead of "said" or "stated" when they want to show doubt about something they heard.Distance: The word keeps the writer separate from the statement, meaning they are reporting what others said without agreeing that it is a fact.Not absolute proof: While it shows doubt, the sentence does not 100% prove the writer thinks people are lying. It just highlights that it is unproven information.
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Spot on. You have accurately identified the nuance of "attribution bias" and distance in writing.
The word "claimed" effectively acts as a linguistic shield. It passes the total responsibility of the truth back to the speaker, signaling to the reader that the assertion lacks independent verification. Your breakdown beautifully demonstrates how a subtle shift in verbs completely alters the subtext without changing the core factual information.
So channels in Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Arabic, French etc.. as well because they are all UK citizens paying for the TV licence?
I didn't say the BBC was only created for English only "You made that up, please don't do it again".
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have signed a pact and want independence from the UK so they can start by paying their own way.
The sooner all BBC content is pay per view / subscription based and the licence for live TV is scrapped the better.
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I thought Wales and Scotland were part of the UK so why should they be charged extra? There are plenty of regional English Channels.
I do not mean BBC radio journalists.
You missed the point by a mile. BBC Worldwide services are part of the UK Govt soft power. UK Govt propaganda, not something the BBC does for its own sake.
I do not know if bitesize is funded partly by the DFE or who decided it should be on the BBC.
The license fee is a license to get TV not a BBC license fee. It goes to general taxation not directly to the BBC. I read a page from Govt that states that it takes 5p in the pound of license fee money for administration of the fee before any money is given to anyone. A BBC license fee would have that extra 5p if it was going directly to the BBC.
What you or I consider dross others like to watch.
No it doesn't? It goes directly to the BBC?
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They may want to be independent but at present are not even allowed to get referendums so why should they pay extra. Should people in the Channel Islands pay for BBC Channel Islands or Others around England.
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Wholly funded by the bbc, which is why its called (shockingly I know) BBC Bitesize
No, it's to be able to watch live tv, or watch streamed programmes on the bbc iplayer
No, directly to the bbc, who then pass it onto the government, who in turn allocate it back to the bbc
"No, the government does not take or keep a 5p cut per TV licence.The confusion likely comes from a widely shared breakdown of how the fee is spent, which states that 5p of every £1 collected goes toward collection costs and pension deficits" (as per google AI)
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Well yes, by law. Which then gets directly sent back to the BBC. So it's sent directly to the BBC with a middleman.
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NO. Govt takes 5p in the pound for admin. It gives money to the other listed above.
The BBC do not have separate English regional TV channels, there is some regional content e.g. news broadcasts and regional radio stations but that's not the same as a dedicated TV channel.
No I didn't miss your point at all the BBC run the world service and it is paid for out of the TV licence fee. If that’s not the case then they can sell it off to a commercial operator to run on behalf of the government and stop tapping the pockets of licence payers.
Even "if" there was a deduction for admin costs which is called into question above all the rest gets ploughed back into the BBC it doesn't go into a central pot and get spent on the NHS, Roads etc...
Good for them then they can pay to watch it via a subscription like I do to watch Disney, Netflix etc and the TV licence can be abolished.
Why should the English keep having to subsidise them?
If they want a referendum let them have it.