That's interesting. I tend to forget the ties between the BBC and the British
government. Joan used to listen to the BBC broadcast on our PBS every morning
as she drove to work, back when she was a site nurse during the deactivation of
Maine Yankee nuclear power plant. She liked it because--and I think I'm
paraphrasing the spirit of what she said, if not the letter--it gave her a
different perspective on the news, one impossible to get from our broadcasters.
Me, I get my news from Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's The Daily Show. <g>
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Dec 8, 2013, at 5:21 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I meant that too much British TV is set up that way to begin with; it's
> probably a requirement of the management to ensure that shares are kept at a
> reasonable level, or for the BBC to help with its funding now that the
> blasted Government is loading more and more output on to the licence fee
> (e.g. the World Service, taken from the Foreign Office's budget).
>
> The BBC's management has its flaws and is often devoid of appropriate
> connection with the real world when it comes to pay and severance etc . . .,
> but the BBC is the best broadcaster in a horribly commercial media world.
--
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