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I usually read about 10-20 pages from the BBC and from my local newspapers' sites. Of course, the latter will change, as the company that owned them has announ
by NikkiA 17y ago
I usually read about 10-20 pages from the BBC and from my local newspapers' sites.
Of course, the latter will change, as the company that owned them has announced plans to make their entire newspaper constellation (several hundred local newspapers across the UK) paywalled, and both local newspapers for me are owned by the same company.
- pavs 17y agoI rather pay for BBC than any US based News source. I want news not a liberal or conservative or neutral interpretation of the source, let me be the judge of what I want to conclude from the news. Just give me the facts. BBC seems to do that more often than others.
- cabalamat 17y agoIf the Tories win the next UK election (they probably will), it's been suggested that as part of a deal they've done with Rupert Murdoch, they may destroy the BBC new website, or at least castrate it severely, so Murdoch can make more profits.
- NikkiA 17y agoThey can try, anything like that would have to get past the lords, and I doubt they'd be willing to castrate the BBC like that, certainly not to line a foreigner's pockets some more.
- cabalamat 17y agoThe present government are quite happy to throw away the people's historic rights such as the rihght to a fail trial and no collective punishment, in their Digital Economy Bill, in order to line foreigners' pockets (the RIAA and MPAA). And the Tories' response to this? They think the DE Bill is basically sound, but doesn't go far enough. I think we can take it as read that both the Labour and Conservative parties, when faced with a choice between the British people, and lining foregners' pockets, will choose the latter, esepcially when they are big donors.
- NikkiA 17y agoI already pay for the BBC, at about £38/3months, I don't use my television for anything but video games, so if they take away the BBC News site, I will be very angry.