Do you like BBC?

[Acidbaron]

Yeah their reporting is first rate, but the mandatory fee would probably not go over well here in the States.

We have it here in Belgium also, while it is taken directly from our Taxes, we have several stations much like BBC has several, television, online and radio also and personally i would gladly pay for that add free experience to be continued.

They are supplemented by commercial stations of course and i find the competition to create a healthy and less sensational type of reporting. Not everything state run is bad, and i believe in the US most people assume anything state run is terrible which is why you'll most likely never see something like that.

[Netherling]

It's normally referred to as 'the BBC', that might also help with any confusion over the subject in question. I really like the BBC, it has produced some excellent programmes (eg. The Office), it's a reliable source of news and covers events like the Olympics and Wimbledon. One of the best things about watching BBC 1 or 2 is that there are no adverts.

[Orby]

Apart from some of the old panel shows like Have I got News For You and QI I haven't watched any BBC programming in 5 years... (Same goes with TV in general) I tend to just watch the internet now., TV is dead to me.

[rogueMatthias]

The BBC produces embarrassingly little worth watching. It's insulting that the British public have to pay for it.

Put it this way... Netflix and Amazon COMBINED cost the same as the license fee. NOW tell me that you get enough content for your money.

Though, I do love how BBC News incredibly skilfully turned the whole Salary-transparency reveal into a "Gender pay gap" slap on the wrist, rather than the clear "WHY THE FUCK ARE WE PAYING CHRIS FUCKING EVANS 2MILLION IN PUBLIC MONEY" protest we should have been having.

Liberals are getting far too easy to manipulate. Well played BBC, well played.

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Bias Broadcasting Corporation.

[Blamblam41]

Doctor Who is britain's primary contribution to mankind.

That and pretentious accents.

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Bias Broadcasting Corporation.

I didn't know you could be bias toward centrist politics.

Though anything must be bias if you're that far right, I guess.

[mystblade]

Everyone that I know refers to it as "The BBC" not just BBC just BBC means you are on Pornhub looking for white chicks to get plowed by a BBC

[Serpha]

The only good thing about BBC is Wimbledon coverage, their athletic championships are a disgrace, they spend more time in studio talking shit instead of actually showing competition. The pedo disgrace is another thing, the news are biased. I stopped paying TV licence 2 years ago after 15 years.

[Rend Blackhand]

Taking away government funding would mean your media landscape would resemble that of the US, add filled and an echo chamber of no longer news reporting but feel good news that can be at times fake that no longer would challenge your views, what is a terrible way to be informed.

If you do not like US style news, you can make the choice not to buy their newspapers, not to visit their websites or give them any money.

In the UK, if you do not want to see BBC news on TV and don't want to pay then that is a criminal offence and you will be prosecuted. How is that right?

[Deleted]

I like the idea of it, but i think its too expensive for what we get, so therefor i dont pay it and only watch tv online.

[Deleted]

I love their documentaries.

Mostly only watch BBC news when going on int trips. Prefer my local news more.

[Rend Blackhand]

Though, I do love how BBC News incredibly skilfully turned the whole Salary-transparency reveal into a "Gender pay gap" slap on the wrist, rather than the clear "WHY THE FUCK ARE WE PAYING CHRIS FUCKING EVANS 2MILLION IN PUBLIC MONEY" protest we should have been having.

Liberals are getting far too easy to manipulate. Well played BBC, well played.

Oh fucking hell, man. I was livid about this. Everyone moaning about gender pay when there are so many BBC employees on six figure salaries. At least when its CEO's and football players getting crazy money, its not at the taxpayer's expense.

[Darkeon]

I know lots of people, in this forum, that love it. They love it much very.

[Acidbaron]

If you do not like US style news, you can make the choice not to buy their newspapers, not to visit their websites or give them any money.

In the UK, if you do not want to see BBC news on TV and don't want to pay then that is a criminal offence and you will be prosecuted. How is that right?

Not being properly informed by watching a single station in the US is not a choice either. As i said later ours is directly taken from what we pay in taxes and i'm perfectly fine with it since i get enough in return, nor would you get a replacement of equal value for the same amount paid.

[Rend Blackhand]

Not being properly informed by watching a single station in the US is not a choice either. As i said later ours is directly taken from what we pay in taxes and i'm perfectly fine with it since i get enough in return, nor would you get a replacement of equal value for the same amount paid.

Are you ok with people being made into criminals for not watching to watch state news?

[Netherling]

Though, I do love how BBC News incredibly skilfully turned the whole Salary-transparency reveal into a "Gender pay gap" slap on the wrist, rather than the clear "WHY THE FUCK ARE WE PAYING CHRIS FUCKING EVANS 2 MILLION IN PUBLIC MONEY."

One of the main reasons we're paying BBC presenters that much is to stop them going over to ITV / Channel 4 etc. I agree that they're being paid too much but many of them would go elsewhere if they weren't. You could argue that maybe they should go and the BBC should hire cheaper presenters but one can only assume that a dip in quality and viewing figures would follow. A lot of the highest paid personalities are doing multiple TV shows and radio - Chris Evans was on The One Show, Top Gear and does the breakfast show on radio 2.

[Zelk]

they've made some tv over the years just a shame about their right wing news service

[Acidbaron]

Are you ok with people being made into criminals for not watching to watch state news?

That does not happen. Nowhere in the western world are you forced to watch anything unless it is shown at school and even there you are not turned into a criminal for rejecting.

[Zelk]

Are you ok with people being made into criminals for not watching to watch state news?

did you hit your head or something

[Pann]

Are you ok with people being made into criminals for not watching to watch state news?

State news?!? Holy hyperbole! Batman!