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> But tax funded is pretty good because it's answerable to us, the viewers. Actually, the BBS is not answerable at all to viewers. It's somewhat answerable to
by anamax 17y ago
> But tax funded is pretty good because it's answerable to us, the viewers.
Actually, the BBS is not answerable at all to viewers. It's somewhat answerable to voters.
Suppose that 30% of UK voters wanted and were willing to pay for a porn channel and 70% didn't. If the BBC was perfectly aligned with voters, it wouldn't have a porn channel.
Note that the BBC still gets the TV tax from folks who pay their own money for a porn channel.
- ErrantX 17y agoNot really true. The BBC trust is chartered to represent the license payers. The political votng has little to do with it. Hey mostly get viewer opinion from direct feedback and polling.
- anamax 17y ago> Not really true. The BBC trust is chartered to represent the license payers. The political votng has little to do with it. Hey mostly get viewer opinion from direct feedback and polling. The govt has control over the tax money so theoretically voters have some control. However, the BBC free to completely ignore viewers. You were arguing that viewers mattered to the BBC. They matter only when convenient, which is very different.