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Post by bungo the mungo on Aug 25, 2020 11:48:43 GMT
non intent on charging pensioners the license fee again, they've now banned this:
ol' ma skope is fuming.
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Post by tory on Aug 25, 2020 13:48:42 GMT
I can understand the charges against it - it's a slightly eccentric echo of an older period. And yes, it might seem somewhat anachronistic to a younger generation and has tinges of IMPERIALISM and COLONIALISM given that it was written in 1740 when Britain was exerting itself as a nascent naval power (and private individuals were hiving off huge profits in the transatlantic slave trade).
The problem is - the BBC is entirely funded by taxpayer's money. Last Night of the Proms is hosted by the BBC, so in one respect, they do have the agency to decide whether it stays or go. However, given that the taxpayer has no say over how the BBC spends its money, I suspect that if a decision like this were put to them directly, they would overwhelmingly vote to keep it.
It is another aspect of an institution entirely funded by the public making decisions that I suspect are not in the public's interests.
A commentator made the observation earlier today that the BBC is spending £100 million on diversity. I suspect that will mean more ethnic / LGBT representation, but what it should ALSO mean is people from the North, the elderly, working classes and people in manual labour occupations as well.
Whilst I love the idea of the BBC and appreciate a great deal of the content (radio, local news etc), I think it's losing its touch.
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Aug 25, 2020 14:46:28 GMT
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Aug 25, 2020 14:46:28 GMT
I can understand the reasoning but couldn’t they get some lass on stage to belt it out? Did they back down then and reinstate them or was it just some internal conversations around the lyrics that led some to believe they were being ditched?
As for Auntie, well, I cancelled my license fee this year. Just not enough to watch. I think the Beeb are screwed. They seem intent on chasing a young audience to secure their future whilst all the time alienating older groups who still watch telly and actually pay the fee.
It’s pretty sad really.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Aug 26, 2020 20:22:35 GMT
What rubbish!
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Post by rayge on Aug 26, 2020 21:11:47 GMT
I gave this a like on the basis it was referring to the previous posts, or the vile spectacle itself, but it just occurred to me that you meant the beeb's decision. Say it isn't so, Jo.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Aug 26, 2020 21:19:00 GMT
No, no! I was referring to the previous posts.
Seems like I'm the only one here who watches regularly, but there was an extended piece on the Lebanon on last night's Newsnight which was one of the best examples of investigative journalism I've seen in ages. The BBC still beats most national broadcasters for news and current affairs at least.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Aug 26, 2020 21:26:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 5:28:32 GMT
I still watch it more than any other channel. I do think its funding model is becoming outmoded though.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Sept 2, 2020 16:35:06 GMT
thank God, decisión reversed.
now ray can have a good old sing-a-long!
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Post by sloopjohnc on Sept 2, 2020 16:54:47 GMT
I can understand the reasoning but couldn’t they get some lass on stage to belt it out? Did they back down then and reinstate them or was it just some internal conversations around the lyrics that led some to believe they were being ditched? As for Auntie, well, I cancelled my license fee this year. Just not enough to watch. I think the Beeb are screwed. They seem intent on chasing a young audience to secure their future whilst all the time alienating older groups who still watch telly and actually pay the fee. It’s pretty sad really. That's an astute observation. Young people get very little of their content from TV these days. I see so many cable and regular networks trying to appeal to young people and that ship has sailed. They're on streaming services.
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Post by hippopotamus on Sept 2, 2020 22:23:30 GMT
An article on the BBC made me laugh with the tongue-in-cheek comment on the news of (former prince) Harry and Meghan announcing a deal with Netflix
"It comes six months on from the couple stepping down from royal life and moving to California to live away from the media spotlight."
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Sept 3, 2020 8:28:31 GMT
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Post by sloopjohnc on Sept 3, 2020 16:08:58 GMT
An article on the BBC made me laugh with the tongue-in-cheek comment on the news of (former prince) Harry and Meghan announcing a deal with Netflix "It comes six months on from the couple stepping down from royal life and moving to California to live away from the media spotlight." Basically, they're going to be producers of documentaries and family styled and young learner content. Hardly the media spotlight.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Sept 3, 2020 16:24:03 GMT
They are a pair of fucking plums.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Sept 3, 2020 16:29:20 GMT
An article on the BBC made me laugh with the tongue-in-cheek comment on the news of (former prince) Harry and Meghan announcing a deal with Netflix "It comes six months on from the couple stepping down from royal life and moving to California to live away from the media spotlight." Basically, they're going to be producers of documentaries and family styled and young learner content. Hardly the media spotlight. It's one of the only times in my life I have ever felt sympathy for Queenie having to deal with that pair of no marks. We want to avoid the media...we are victims.....move to L.A....start producing shit for Netflix. Are they taking the piss?
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