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Peak BBC is making a story about the BBC headline news on the BBC news website. As if anyone else cared when they opened their new offices. I’ve never really u

Peak BBC is making a story about the BBC headline news on the BBC news website. As if anyone else cared when they opened their new offices. I’ve never really understood the rage the licence fee provokes in a certain type of voter and I have little faith that any replacement proposed by this government will be an improvement.

iso1210 5y ago
In the 70s and 80s there was little entertainment other than real time broadcast TV on the 3 (later 4) channels. The BBC was a cultural institution. 20 million people would tune in to watch absolute crap, because that was really the only option other than go to the pub or play cards. Places like the BBC Television Centre were engrained in the public zeitgest, and thus newsworthy. This clearly isn't the case any more, there's far more choice, and the generations that grew up with "Auntie" are getting older and older.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  > In the 70s and 80s there was little entertainment other than real time broadcast TV on the 3 (later 4) channels. Pretty sure people had books, radio, theatre, cinema, etc, in the 70s and 80s.
  - iso1210 5y ago
    Hence the reason TV would only attract half of the adult population then. Those still exist and presumably attract similar numbers, but there are far more options in the 'sitting on couch' area, hence TV viewership is massively down, and what remains is split amongst far more options
pydry 5y ago
The "rage" was largely amplified by the Murdoch press who have been irked at having competition for decades. A large contingent of the UK population can be reliably provoked into outrage when the necessity arises. This is largrly how unchecked power is wielded in British politics. Splitting the country down the middle in a fit of fury over Brexit and then sewing it back up was similarly provoked.
dfawcus 5y ago
> Peak BBC is making a story about the BBC headline news on the BBC news website. You missed a step. The story has to be about "TV Licencing", with the Beeb saying something to the effect of 'we asked TV Licensing to comment'. The point being that "TV Licensing' is a brand of the BBC. So in effect 'we asked ourselves'.

iso1210 5y ago

In the 70s and 80s there was little entertainment other than real time broadcast TV on the 3 (later 4) channels. The BBC was a cultural institution. 20 million people would tune in to watch absolute crap, because that was really the only option other than go to the pub or play cards. Places like the BBC Television Centre were engrained in the public zeitgest, and thus newsworthy. This clearly isn't the case any more, there's far more choice, and the generations that grew up with "Auntie" are getting older and older.

chrisseaton 5y ago
> In the 70s and 80s there was little entertainment other than real time broadcast TV on the 3 (later 4) channels. Pretty sure people had books, radio, theatre, cinema, etc, in the 70s and 80s.
- iso1210 5y ago
  Hence the reason TV would only attract half of the adult population then. Those still exist and presumably attract similar numbers, but there are far more options in the 'sitting on couch' area, hence TV viewership is massively down, and what remains is split amongst far more options

pydry 5y ago

The "rage" was largely amplified by the Murdoch press who have been irked at having competition for decades. A large contingent of the UK population can be reliably provoked into outrage when the necessity arises. This is largrly how unchecked power is wielded in British politics. Splitting the country down the middle in a fit of fury over Brexit and then sewing it back up was similarly provoked.

dfawcus 5y ago

> Peak BBC is making a story about the BBC headline news on the BBC news website. You missed a step. The story has to be about "TV Licencing", with the Beeb saying something to the effect of 'we asked TV Licensing to comment'. The point being that "TV Licensing' is a brand of the BBC. So in effect 'we asked ourselves'.