tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076693886368253167.post4271568723007408525..comments2023-11-02T10:43:58.261+00:00Comments on Richard Elliot's Blog: In Praise of the BBCRichard Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00565380446421416586noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076693886368253167.post-51306966989428496362007-07-17T09:52:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:52:00.000+01:00Do you think that it's fair to expect everyone els...Do you think that it's fair to expect everyone else to pay for it though? £139 is a lot of money to many people!Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076693886368253167.post-13084975712536930482007-07-17T09:46:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:46:00.000+01:00Yep. I'm happy to pay the licence fee. I realise t...Yep. I'm happy to pay the licence fee. I realise that having no adverts come at a price.<BR/><BR/>Independent companies do make good programmes, indeed the BBC commissions many of them.<BR/><BR/>I realised this wouldn't be popular with all you blogging radicals.Richard Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00565380446421416586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076693886368253167.post-26457844634940119072007-07-17T09:38:00.001+01:002007-07-17T09:38:00.001+01:00Oh yes, and private companies can (and do) make go...Oh yes, and private companies can (and do) make good informative programmes.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076693886368253167.post-77594511661879955902007-07-17T09:38:00.000+01:002007-07-17T09:38:00.000+01:00Richard, you may think the Beeb is good, but are y...Richard, you may think the Beeb is good, but are you happy about being forced to pay for it? The advertising model is not the only way to run a commercial channel you could have a subscription service which would not have adverts if that was their model.<BR/><BR/>The question you have to answer is: would you pay for the BBC if you had a choice?<BR/><BR/>It is the compulsion I dislike, especially when their news and political coverage is so biased towards the government. The only way to show my dissatisfaction and withold my cash is to chuck my telly out altogether.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076693886368253167.post-66452170951079925652007-07-16T23:21:00.000+01:002007-07-16T23:21:00.000+01:00I think the BBC is shit.I think the BBC is shit.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.com