The BBC Thread

[whelk]

37 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

The licence fee is worth it for David Attenborough alone. When compared to so much of the dross out there it is still good value. The BBC is more of a part of the fabric of the UK than flags on lampposts. It is firmly embedded in the growth of modern day Britain. It’s a shame that the so called patriots don’t value it. Too busy getting their gammon fix on GB News I suppose.

Attenborough is on Netflix

[whelk]

35 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Thats twice now, excellent work, it especially highlights your overall inability to look at situations as anything other than completely binary.

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BBC gave Katy Hopkins her prominence.

[sadoldgit]

59 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Thats twice now, excellent work, it especially highlights your overall inability to look at situations as anything other than completely binary.

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It’s a point of view. I have already said that change is needed so I don’t see how that is ‘binary?’

[Turkish]

embarrassing 

[Patrick Bateman]

7 hours ago, The Kraken said:

I love what the Beeb has done and indeed some of what it still does (Monday quiz night last night was particularly difficult, mind).

But, in this day and age of streaming and multiple subscriptions, a mandatory license fee to fund the BBC is really something of a disgrace. It’s such an outdated model and will become abused more and more. It’s a shame, but I do think that the payment model simply has to change.

This. Those who like the "unique way the BBC is funded" are dinosaurs.