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Speak for yourself. Most of the BBC shows i listen to are from great talented broadcasters. BBC Sounds alone is well worth 50p a day.Fuck them. They used to mean something once but they are just a self perpetuating gravy train designed to dish out inflated salaries to former stars who are past their sell by date..
I’d also ask them to read the article, the responses on here exactly the "red meat" in the the article headline.I would encourage anyone who has a problem with the BBC to spend some time watching TV in the USA.
Every single frame has some form of advert. You get far less actual television, you're watching adverts half the time. Also the programmes that are commissioned are chock full of product placement. Everything is designed around persuading you to buy something.
Like all good things the BBC will only truly be appreciated when it's gone and you have Fox News lasered into your brain 24hrs a day and we all become commercial zombies like the yanks.
The way to really judge the Beeb is not to ask indigenous British folks, who genuinely lack the required perspective, but to ask recent arrivals.Fuck them. They used to mean something once but they are just a self perpetuating gravy train designed to dish out inflated salaries to former stars who are past their sell by date..
Salford if we’re splitting hairs.Apart from the fact they moved a massive part of their operations to Manchester, you're spot on
Yeah but I just don't think that the BBC reflect the values of this country anymore. The BBC was ceated in a time when this country 'thought' we had somethig to say. When we had standards and we had a (diminishing) influence. The BBC was more an arm of the government. It educated, it had weight. I started school being able to tell the time, I knew basic geometery and basic writing skills. All from my aunty Beeb.The way to really judge the Beeb is not to ask indigenous British folks, who genuinely lack the required perspective, but to ask recent arrivals.
Depending which country they've arrived from they'll either be fans of the Beeb or massive fans of the Beeb
I would argue with much of what you say about our changed society.Yeah but I just don't think that the BBC reflect the values of this country anymore. The BBC was ceated in a time when this country 'thought' we had somethig to say. When we had standards and we had a (diminishing) influence. The BBC was more an arm of the government. It educated, it had weight. I started school being able to tell the time, I knew basic geometery and basic writing skills. All from my aunty Beeb.
Now at a time when it's more important to be able to download the latest CGI superhero movie and kids aged 16 leave school with fewer literary skills than I started with. The focus now is getting school starters out of nappies and learnig to wipe their own backsides.
Let the BBC become a subscription service, let the public choose the way it will and let it die gracefully. Our standards are different now.
Read the articleIn what way is the BBC not a waste of money? Unless you sit watching housing or cooking programs during the day or absolute garbage on a weekend, it's awful. I don't listen to their radio stations either before anyone asks.
This.Make it a subscription service all the people who think its brilliant will have no problem paying for it, those that dont wont, pretty simple I think.
That's down to choice whether people want that benchmark or not.The Beeb provides a benchmark. If that benchmark is removed the quality will fall off quite quickly.
One of the other posters on this thread has already pointed out what we don't want (the US drivel stream)
An example from the article from a former head of MI6This.
If it’s as good as people say it is, it’ll be well funded by people paying their subscription
I person haven’t watched anything other than HIGNFY in the last decade so not really arsed either way what happens to it
I get your point about the horrific American model of broadcast TV. The adverts are non stop and they are utterly shite. I would like to keep the bbc, and on another thread a couple of weeks ago there was some really good discussion of how it can adapt to still be publicly funded, but in a fairer and more modern way.I would encourage anyone who has a problem with the BBC to spend some time watching TV in the USA.
Every single frame has some form of advert. You get far less actual television, you're watching adverts half the time. Also the programmes that are commissioned are chock full of product placement. Everything is designed around persuading you to buy something.
Like all good things the BBC will only truly be appreciated when it's gone and you have Fox News lasered into your brain 24hrs a day and we all become commercial zombies like the yanks.
First of all, we shouldn't encourage people to watch drivel. Quite the opposite.That's down to choice whether people want that benchmark or not.
The same with the US drivel streams. I've always argued that people should have quality thrusted on them but now I believe if people want drivel they should be allowed to choose that. A subscription service will do that. Let the stones fall where they will. Let the people decide.