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killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Baroness Stowell, Chair of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee, said: “Decisions about funding mechanisms have to be led by a clear articulation of what the country wants from its national broadcaster, and how it will change for that to be delivered. The BBC needs to be more open and front-footed in setting that out, or else face change being imposed upon it.”

And there it is. The classic Tory playbook: intentionally underfund, declare unsustainable, and open up for private interests; in this case, likely advertising and other types of product placement.

Nothing is sacred to these malicious pricks.

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NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s not restricted to the UK. Conservative parties across the world use the same tactic. American conservatives have been trying to sell off the US Postal Service for ages claiming it’s “unprofitable” while strangling it with regulations and dumb rules like forcing it to fund pensions 70 years in advance.

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- Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The notion that a public service needs to be profitable is so backwards.
  
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- killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah but we’re in a UK community talking about the UK…
  
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Aggravationstation@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Sacred? Ridiculous.

The BBC, this “institution”, has used legal threats to screw the British public out of money to pay for the inane whims of Oxbridge alumni, stirred up hatred and support for the blood sucking elites of this country and shielded sex offenders for the better part of a century.

Then they turn around and sell the fruits of license fee payer funds to other channels internationally, via VHS, DVD and Blu-ray sales then finally to the premium streaming services. You have to pay to see the shows you paid to make!

That’s not to mention the amount of money they get in merchandise sales. Remember the Cyberman Voice Changer Helmet? That was the top toy one Christmas.

Times have changed, the BBC needs to die.

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- killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This has literally nothing to do with the tories’ agenda.
  
  Take all the issue with paying a TV license that you want, but don’t for a second act like the Tories won’t have their cake and eat it with privatisation.
  
  You’ll be paying the license fee, watching adverts, and thanking them for it if they can have their way entirely.
  
  Much like the inevitable privitisation of the NHS - should they maintain power - won’t lead to any realized tax cuts.
  
  They hate you and think you’re a piece of shit. Don’t let them distract you from that for a single damn moment.
  
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  - Aggravationstation@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a fan of the Tories.
    
    But you’re acting as if the BBC is some sort of benevolent public service working in the best interests of the country that the Conservatives are trying to bring down.
    
    It’s truly a for-profit endeavour which hides horrific practices under the guise of caring about the nation, deludes the real workers in society and lets those at the very top profit obscenely. Sound familiar?
    
    The BBC and the Conservative party are both dinosaurs of a bygone era slowly wheezing their last breaths as they become irrelevant in both of their respective spaces. All I can say is it’s about damn time.
    
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    killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You really need to read back what I said because i didn’t sing any praises of the BBC in any of my comments, nor really say anything about them at all.
    
    I agree with some of what you said, I don’t know enough about their for profit endeavors to comment.
    
    Regardless, my prior comments were entirely directed at the Tory party. The BBC are just another example of their classic three step death-by-a-thousand-cuts privitisation plan.
    
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