Labour complains to the BBC

Graham_Devon

nicko33 wrote: »

Nobody is forced to pay for the BBC.

Everyone is forced to pay for the BBC should they wish to watch any other channel.

You are not forced to pay for the BBC, no.

But you are forced to pay for the BBC if you wish to watch Sky, ITV, Channel 4, or a !!!!!! channel.

As for this complaint, all it's doing is showing labour will do anything possible to ruin the coalition. If that means someone has used "savings" instead of "cuts" we should complain, as cuts are far more emotive, and thats exactly what labour want, the emotive language used to gain supporters.

But I do find it amusing, considering labour were blasted for twisting cuts into extra spending, that they should now formally complain that cuts are being described as savings.

Ihatecameron

nicko33 wrote: »

If you don't like it, you know what to do.
Don't get a license, and don't watch/record broadcast TV.
Nobody is forced to pay for the BBC.

I sure do, not a penny of my money goes to the BBC to fund multi million pound pay packets for idle bstrds to live the high life.

Niksan

You can also get TV on the internet, so that's covered as well, in a cave with a radio and you should be OK, unless it has a built in screen with an arial.

nicko33

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Everyone is forced to pay for the BBC should they wish to watch any other channel.

You are not forced to pay for the BBC, no.

But you are forced to pay for the BBC if you wish to watch Sky, ITV, Channel 4, or a !!!!!! channel.

Not entirely true
As I understand it you can use iPlayer, 4OD etc. without a license, you just can't watch programs as they are being broadcast.

And it's not everyone.

A._Badger

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

I'ts not supposed to be an impartial source; it's a personal memoir. He spent most of his life in the Natural History unit; hardly a hotbed of political protest. That's why he found it amusing that every few years when governments changed the accusations of bias would swap around, while he was still doing exactly the same job.

I've read the Sissons quote before. Could it be that you don't see many copies of the Daily Wail lying around workplaces such as the BBC because it's a poorly-written comic that well educated people don't tend to buy?

So you choose to believe Attenborough who, by your admission, worked outside the news field, as opposed to Sissons, who was at the heart of it.

Your comment about the Mail is as telling as your taste in witnesses. The Mail may very well be a rag but any news organisation that doesn't keep an eye on it is consciously avoiding the one daily newspaper that is putting on circulation and one which clearly represents the worldview of a large sector of the British population.

Left wing liberals may not like the Mail (I can't say I care for it myself) but to dismiss its readership in that de haut en bas manner, is precisely the point Sissons was making.

A._Badger

nicko33 wrote: »

Not entirely true
As I understand it you can use iPlayer, 4OD etc. without a license, you just can't watch programs as they are being broadcast.

And it's not everyone.

Jesuitical nonsense. The BBC's broadcasting poll tax is more or less universal. Whatever its supporters try to pretend.

Mr_Mumble

This needs careful study. It may give us an insight into similar frictions between the Communist Party of China and the People's Daily.

Should the Conservatives fire back and complain to the BBC about them not talking about rises in NHS funding?

The BBC should be explaining this stuff in detail unfortunately they can't do that in news programming. The editorial staff have to leave room for Charlie Sheen and millions of Sardines (poor Sardines).

Generali

Mr_Mumble wrote: »

This needs careful study. It may give us an insight into similar frictions between the Communist Party of China and the People's Daily.

Should the Conservatives fire back and complain to the BBC about them not talking about rises in NHS funding?

The BBC should be explaining this stuff in detail unfortunately they can't do that in news programming. The editorial staff have to leave room for Charlie Sheen and millions of Sardines (poor Sardines).

I think the BBC should have more space on the news for the Champions League results this round.

Anyone know how Tottenham and [STRIKE]The Scum[/STRIKE] Arsenal got on?

Mr_Mumble

Generali wrote: »

I think the BBC should have more space on the news for the Champions League results this round.

Anyone know how Tottenham and [STRIKE]The Scum[/STRIKE] Arsenal got on?

Now, now, Arsenal were robbed! Dominated the game vs Barcelona with zero shots on goal. Van Persie being sent off was a crime against humanity. The dashing Dutchman was quite correct to state the home rabble were being rowdy, such an unfair advantage, you don't hear crowds at the Emirates make such a din now do you?

(I actually like Arsenal and the ref did ruin what would have been an awesome second half)

Generali

Mr_Mumble wrote: »

Now, now, Arsenal were robbed! Dominated the game vs Barcelona with zero shots on goal. Van Persie being sent off was a crime against humanity. The dashing Dutchman was quite correct to state the home rabble were being rowdy, such an unfair advantage, you don't hear crowds at the Emirates make such a din now do you?

(I actually like Arsenal and the ref did ruin what would have been an awesome second half)

If it's anything like Highbury aka The Library then he'd have no trouble hearing the whistle! When I went they used to put the words to the chants up on the big screen with a bouncing ball going along the words so the fans could follow what to say. It was very funny.

RvP was probably robbed but then he could easily have gotten a straight red for the shove and one of Ars**al's defenders could have gone too.