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[BobKowalski]

I love how you now trivialise it all, but one last time. The BBC are under fire Bob,
because THEY, not me you, or anyone else, have pandered to some foreign woke lefty, and decided to, at first not sing the songs, then concede a tad, and said they'll do them, amongst other songs, but with no lyrics. They then come out with the ridiculous defence of coronavirus not allowing singing, whilst having no problem with the limited choralists singing other stuff.
But please yourself, the majority are railing against it, and it will damage them even more.

I‘m trivialising it? You are melting over a ‘foreign woke leftie’ for the crime of having an opinion on a fucking song. I mean, hello?

And in other news we sacked off NI, allowed the economic writ of the EU to run in UK sovereign territory and Scotland nationalism is feeding off our inability to pull the country together.

Jeez.

 

[BobKowalski]

No it still is. The Russians attacked our country with chemical weapons. The BBC showed exactly how terrifying that actually is with The Salisbury Poisonings. That was watched around the world and forms global opinions.

The BBC isn't going anywhere, we need it, I can understand people not wanting to pay for it and it would be good to opt out, but I think those who do still pay will be fucked off to see non paying people still using the bbc (because they do like portions of it afterall - they just don't like the political leaning )

Yeah, but the songs, mate. We have to worry about the songs that *checks notes* are still being played. A full blown crisis. No idea how we will stagger on. Doomed. Etc, etc.

 

[Fame Monster]

No it still is. The Russians attacked our country with chemical weapons. The BBC showed exactly how terrifying that actually is with The Salisbury Poisonings. That was watched around the world and forms global opinions.

The BBC isn't going anywhere, we need it, I can understand people not wanting to pay for it and it would be good to opt out, but I think those who do still pay will be fucked off to see non paying people still using the bbc (because they do like portions of it afterall - they just don't like the political leaning )

I think we should have something similar to arts or sports grants given to different channels or production companies to make TV on British issues.

The BBC has become complacent with its near monopoly on public funding hence why it's become bold enough to push its politics. However, it does still make some important TV that might not get made without public money so I think a grant system where different channels can compete for funding is a good alternative.

 

[BobKowalski]

He was asked in an interview.

Yeah, and the pandering **** did what all pandering cunts do and that’s pander. Didn’t he start off by saying “If it’s true”, well you’re the fucking PM so find out if it’s true first, pandering ****.

 

[Ban-jani]

Yeah, and the pandering **** did what all pandering cunts do and that’s pander. Didn’t he start off by saying “If it’s true”, well you’re the fucking PM so find out if it’s true first, pandering ****.

He’s spot on there but he is a pandering ****, just a shame he’s pandering to metropolitan liberals.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

I quite understand the arguments for getting rid of / defending the BBC, but those making them the loudest appear to be rival broadcasters for the most part. While appreciate they feel they are competing against an unfairly state-subsidised corporation, I very much doubt their motivation is to provide better quality output, or put that £157 a year back in my pocket. Nearly everyone seems to think the BBC is biased against their views, which would actually suggest they are getting the balance right in the main.

 

[blueinsa]

Yeah, and the pandering **** did what all pandering cunts do and that’s pander. Didn’t he start off by saying “If it’s true”, well you’re the fucking PM so find out if it’s true first, pandering ****.

I thought he said what the majority of us think.

 

[BobKowalski]

I thought he said what the majority of us think.

On what? A manufactured story? You think the pandering **** would be more concerned about getting the economy back on track, getting kids back to school safely or indeed making sure we have enough giant lorry parks up and down the land.

Instead he spaffs off over a fucking playlist. Christ sake, we had someone dying of malnutrition next to their baby, but, no, let’s worry about whether we are getting all verses to Rule Britannia instead.

#allsongsmatter

 

[blueinsa]

On what? A manufactured story? You think the pandering **** would be more concerned about getting the economy back on track, getting kids back to school safely or indeed making sure we have enough giant lorry parks up and down the land.

Instead he spaffs off over a fucking playlist. Christ sake, we had someone dying of malnutrition next to their baby, but, no, let’s worry about whether we are getting all verses to Rule Britannia instead.

#allsongsmatter

As ever Bob, you're the last off the battlefield and its heroic n all that but the vast majority of your troops have realised this game is up and fucked off.

get on the fucking chopper mate....its about to leave.

 

[Vicious111]

yet the top 3 watched TV channels last quarter of 2019 were BBC1,2 AND 4 - Thats not people being forced to watch that is people choosing to pay and watch.

For a similar price to watch Netflix produces a fraction of hours of home made TV hours to what just the BBC news dept does. Just the News. You are comparing apples with paperclips there.

You commercialise the BBC then the existing advertising post is spread further and more thinly so none of them win but bear in mind YOUR OWN view that the BBC news is biased has no basis in any proof and is merely because they don't report what you want them to.

Reducing the funding to the BBC see's the end of so much output that you no doubt enjoy now and will miss when its gone - there will be no getting that back. Freeview would struggle as the BBC contributes, Britbox, local radio would be decimated...how much damage to output do you want just so you get FOX News GB?

Doesn't matter how many people watch it. I don't watch it, yet I am forced to pay for it. And Netflix etc has programmes that interest me. The only TV I've watched on the BBC in the last 5 years was Line of Duty on iplayer. So I don't 'clearly enjoy' it. You just made a baseless assumption

And you clearly don't know much on BBC's reporting in Scotland. The Ofcom complaint numbers and protests as a result of the bias are something you are obviously unfamiliar with. Thats not opinion, that is fact. Do a bit of research on the matter.

So yes, get rid of it. Daylight robbery that people have to pay for such a service.