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This gives you a media that is obsequious and sycophantic towards the people handing out the grants.

zimpenfish 3y ago
As a great example, the current BBC and its tendency to lean towards UKGOV fawning in its reporting since not only do they control the purse strings (and have been tightening them on a regular basis in response to perceived BBC trangressions) but also get to appoint the people in charge (cf the last chairman and his blatant links to the Tories.)
- permo-w 3y ago
  I do not have a problem with this. this is expected behaviour and easily understood and corrected for. it's not so easy to understand and correct for the corporate biases of the private media
- kalleboo 3y ago
  Wasn't the whole point of the TV licensing scheme to sidestep that kind of influence? What went wrong?
  - permo-w 3y ago
    nothing went wrong. the BBC is for the most part absolutely fine, this is just a narrative that's being heavily pushed by the BBC's competitors
    - zimpenfish 3y ago
      > the BBC is for the most part absolutely fine Anything non-political, sure, they're pretty good. Unfortunately, on politics, they're (currently and for the last 10-ish years) far too lenient on, chummy with, and subservient to the Tories to justify the licence fee.
      - rainonmoon 3y ago
        My brother in Christ if you think being lenient towards conservative governments is a condition limited to public ownership, turn on a TV.
        zimpenfish 3y ago
        > a condition limited to public ownership It is not, obviously, but it is something that shouldn't be happening at the allegedly impartial news flagship that everyone is forced to pay for.
        permo-w 3y ago
        honestly? just accept it. by criticising it, all you're doing is playing into the hands of conservatives even further. public broadcasters are always going to be soft on the government of the day, it's just a feature of that particular entity. adjust for it and enjoy the other 95% which is literally the highest quality broadcaster the world has ever seen, and - WW2 aside - probably the best thing this country has ever done
        permo-w 3y ago
        or open a newspaper
permo-w 3y ago
yeah well that's better than a media that's obsequious and fawning to anyone with a few hundred million in the bank. it's competition. cover more bases

As a great example, the current BBC and its tendency to lean towards UKGOV fawning in its reporting since not only do they control the purse strings (and have been tightening them on a regular basis in response to perceived BBC trangressions) but also get to appoint the people in charge (cf the last chairman and his blatant links to the Tories.)

permo-w 3y ago
I do not have a problem with this. this is expected behaviour and easily understood and corrected for. it's not so easy to understand and correct for the corporate biases of the private media
kalleboo 3y ago
Wasn't the whole point of the TV licensing scheme to sidestep that kind of influence? What went wrong?
- permo-w 3y ago
  nothing went wrong. the BBC is for the most part absolutely fine, this is just a narrative that's being heavily pushed by the BBC's competitors
  - zimpenfish 3y ago
    > the BBC is for the most part absolutely fine Anything non-political, sure, they're pretty good. Unfortunately, on politics, they're (currently and for the last 10-ish years) far too lenient on, chummy with, and subservient to the Tories to justify the licence fee.
    - rainonmoon 3y ago
      My brother in Christ if you think being lenient towards conservative governments is a condition limited to public ownership, turn on a TV.
      - zimpenfish 3y ago
        > a condition limited to public ownership It is not, obviously, but it is something that shouldn't be happening at the allegedly impartial news flagship that everyone is forced to pay for.
        permo-w 3y ago
        honestly? just accept it. by criticising it, all you're doing is playing into the hands of conservatives even further. public broadcasters are always going to be soft on the government of the day, it's just a feature of that particular entity. adjust for it and enjoy the other 95% which is literally the highest quality broadcaster the world has ever seen, and - WW2 aside - probably the best thing this country has ever done
      - permo-w 3y ago
        or open a newspaper

permo-w 3y ago

yeah well that's better than a media that's obsequious and fawning to anyone with a few hundred million in the bank. it's competition. cover more bases