tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post7000752604913148699..comments2023-11-03T23:18:25.999+00:00Comments on BIGNEWS MARGATE: Thought for the day -The Beeb for SaleTony Flaighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212662248741515725noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-86644085984406382742009-09-12T14:35:18.811+01:002009-09-12T14:35:18.811+01:00I agree the website is TERRIFIC I go on it most d...I agree the website is TERRIFIC I go on it most daysDon Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099505939055955603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-82804473608226157332009-09-10T15:48:39.070+01:002009-09-10T15:48:39.070+01:00Criticism of content coming from a Murdoch (James)...Criticism of content coming from a Murdoch (James) is nothing short of laughable. Everyone I know who has Sky (all 3 of them)moans about the lack of choice and the zillions of ads. <br />Bit sour about their million and half subscribers compared to the wonder of miracle broadcasting that is the beeb. Its website is the best in the world. I can't believe people are criticising it for having too much content! Complete rubbish.<br />Long live Auntie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-21337069849955120772009-09-10T12:36:09.685+01:002009-09-10T12:36:09.685+01:00I hate adverts I mean hate so BBC FOR M EI hate adverts I mean hate so BBC FOR M EDon Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099505939055955603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-854915758749616472009-09-07T17:30:33.558+01:002009-09-07T17:30:33.558+01:00Fellow Thanet bloggers, I'm starting a new gro...Fellow Thanet bloggers, I'm starting a new group called Stop High-Speed 1 Train (S.H.1.T.). Please support us, we don't want these noisy trains in Ramsgate (let Margate suffer for a change!!!).S.H.1.T.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-44277580847801056352009-09-07T15:47:45.138+01:002009-09-07T15:47:45.138+01:00It's surely a question of news: who delivers i...It's surely a question of news: who delivers it and what incentive they have to remain independent. Imagine there was no BBC and our understanding of what goes on around us is dominated by a few individuals. Or like Italy where the prime minister pretty much controls the country's media on his own.<br /><br />So long as the BBC remains independent from government it must surely play a very big role in the level of democracy we enjoy.<br /><br />It's worth a try for £3 a week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-66330772735719664082009-09-06T21:30:04.757+01:002009-09-06T21:30:04.757+01:00I'm not really sure why we are charged to watc...I'm not really sure why we are charged to watch the BBC's one sided, watered down stance on everything. They are the last channel I look to when I switch on the news, not that the others are much better. <br /><br />Maybe it's better not to get a TV at all. I saw yesterday that watching TV affects your brain chemistry in a number of ways, and none of them good.<br /><br />Then again there's always Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. Now that really is worth watching..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-77636354481007554142009-09-06T21:25:59.666+01:002009-09-06T21:25:59.666+01:00I can't really see how the BBC is a public ser...I can't really see how the BBC is a public service. I'm quite happy to pay for roads etc but not to be brainwashed by tripe.ITV and the BBC is much the same, they cater for the masses.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-52003289963338298812009-09-06T21:17:43.906+01:002009-09-06T21:17:43.906+01:00Anonymous 02:32:00
Whether you are right on wron...Anonymous 02:32:00 <br /><br />Whether you are right on wrong about vaule for money you are missing my point: in a free market economy one should have the right to choose, and not to be forced to pay for something in order to be allowed to watch something else.<br /><br />You are just as brain washed as the American that believes he has a god given right to carry a gun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-43038744269087805222009-09-06T17:09:38.427+01:002009-09-06T17:09:38.427+01:00It's no secret that I gave away my TV rather t...It's no secret that I gave away my TV rather than pay for something I don't want. That doesn't stop the license fee collection company (who all operate on commission) harassing me every few months. If they'd left me alone I'd have been indifferent now I am sliding in the direction of being very anti BBC. <br /><br />That said they do produce reasonable news which is far less crappy than many other outlets. Not perfect but not too bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-61032345738938896282009-09-06T14:32:03.252+01:002009-09-06T14:32:03.252+01:00Lol, chose the name Rupert for a reason? Are you o...Lol, chose the name Rupert for a reason? Are you one of those mugs that pays a monthly subscription to Sky only to have to pay more for their "premium" content?<br /><br />For the sake of about £3 a week I am more than happy, the BBC impacts on peoples lives in many, many ways, and not just here in the UK. <br /><br />Long may it continue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-15457080055213777892009-09-05T21:32:36.999+01:002009-09-05T21:32:36.999+01:00All Governments of every persuasion claim to be wa...All Governments of every persuasion claim to be wanting to create a fair and equal society, yet insist on all supporting this anachronistic and essentially unfair tax.<br />How in this modern era, do we have a tax levied on every household who have a television, regardless of the income of that household? Old age pensioners and other low income groups all have to pay the same fee as the richest people in the land. How unfair is that?<br />Moreover, in this multi-channel digital age, when every other channel outside the BBC is paid for as you view, how do the BBC get away with insisting on levying this fee from every household regardless of whether you watch the output of the BBC or not?<br />If I choose not to watch the BBC, I still have to pay this fee and if I don't, the Government will criminalise me and eventually I will end up in jailRupertnoreply@blogger.com