Tbh I now watch Traitors, news once a day and the occasional bbc radio 4. That’s all my bbc. I’m now invested in high quality content from YouTube and Times Radio. The licence fee is certainly an outdated model. I will keep paying but I’m becoming very reluctant to subside all these pointless radio and tv stations and the way that Tim Davie decimated local radio.
I used to listen to the BBC radio all day but now I listen to Radio 3 until they annoy me too much with their insistence on diversity (19th century long-forgotten-for-a-reason black American composers and/or women). I then switch to Cladrite Radio on the internet from New York. Or I listen/watch interviews on YouTube or Patreon sites. Likewise, I don't watch much BBC stuff on TV (or any of the other old channels) and, if I do, it doesn't take long before I am calling out all the woke/diverse/untrue rubbish. (Mind you, I wouldn't bother with any TV because it's all simply watching other, imaginary, people living lives I'm not living - I'd rather read a book).
So, there is a place for the BBC but only if they go back to being a TRUSTED organisation telling the truth without an opinion and making dramas without a message and showing documentaries with actual experts. Not going to happen, though, is it? Not when they are a convenient mouthpiece of the government (any party) and stuffed full of Oxbridge pseudo-Marxist Islington dinner party types.
I now prefer not to pay for my propaganda especially as I can get it for free anywhere these days!
And those pompous BBC 'Fact Checkers' - do they think we're that stupid? It is beyond irritating how they they position themselves on a pinnacle of superior, unbiased and accurate reportage when the reality is anything but. They lie the same as all the other news channels.
The only difference is is that the BBC is our NATIONAL propaganda channel and for that reason we have to love it (despite all the sordid sex scandals and corruption cover ups).
I was the BIGGEST user and defender of the BBC. I remember less than a decade ago debating with a much younger colleague about why the the license fee was fair and just - citing honest news reportage; accurate facts; David Attenborough (depopulationist); amazing documentaries; gold old British humour (nothing like the Yank crap); brilliant dramas etc etc.
The quality of output has since plummeted along with my trust. I have more pressing things to spend £174.50 on.
And as an aside, that old 'left/right' trope ... when will people wake up, stop labelling themselves, stop putting themselves in a box and see that we all basically want the same things. Stop all the lateral fighting, look up, and see who we really need to be fighting against. It sure ain't our fellow neighbours.
Stop fighting each other, unite, and finally never vote again - once 'they' know that our understanding of 'democracy' is under question they will know that the sheep have finally awoken.
"Oh woe is me. The BBC does not accurately reflect my right wing / left wing (delete as appropriate) viewpoint." Cry harder.
The fact that I see this so often makes me think that the BBC has probably got the balance about right.
I currently pay 7 times as much per day for my Sky subscription as I do to the BBC. And Sky just hand the money over to Premier League footballers etc. who I have no interest in watching. But you have to accept the good with the bad.
And just who do you think pays for all the advertising funded output you watch? You do, of course, through the cost of the advertised products that you buy. There's no such thing as a free lunch/TV broadcast/radio show/stream etc., etc.
The licence fee ought to be scrapped; given the amount of scandals for a so-called ‘impartial’ broadcasting corporation. Even elderly people don’t get it for free anymore - it’s essentially another tax!
I used to listen to 5 Live in the car, and watched BBC News 24, but when I started watching Talk TV and GB News I realised how biased the BBC actually is. I sometimes watch iPlayer but could happily live without it. So I have to pay the licence fee just to watch GB News live
"The BBC can still have a role — especially in areas the market doesn’t naturally provide: trusted news, national moments, education, emergency broadcasting, and cultural output that isn’t built purely to chase clicks.".........."trusted news" 🤣
But....it needs to change. It's not fit for purpose, and the only reason it's getting away with it is that we're all forced to pay for it.
If it actually had to be competitive, it'd either sink - or get its act together!
Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation’s days are numbered, unless they deal with ‘Progressive’ leftist bias and an outdated, unfair funding system.
Too much choice to have the continued fee
The bbc and trusted news died a long time ago
Tbh I now watch Traitors, news once a day and the occasional bbc radio 4. That’s all my bbc. I’m now invested in high quality content from YouTube and Times Radio. The licence fee is certainly an outdated model. I will keep paying but I’m becoming very reluctant to subside all these pointless radio and tv stations and the way that Tim Davie decimated local radio.
And shows like Traitors would be made on an advert channel that you don't have to pay up front for.
I used to listen to the BBC radio all day but now I listen to Radio 3 until they annoy me too much with their insistence on diversity (19th century long-forgotten-for-a-reason black American composers and/or women). I then switch to Cladrite Radio on the internet from New York. Or I listen/watch interviews on YouTube or Patreon sites. Likewise, I don't watch much BBC stuff on TV (or any of the other old channels) and, if I do, it doesn't take long before I am calling out all the woke/diverse/untrue rubbish. (Mind you, I wouldn't bother with any TV because it's all simply watching other, imaginary, people living lives I'm not living - I'd rather read a book).
So, there is a place for the BBC but only if they go back to being a TRUSTED organisation telling the truth without an opinion and making dramas without a message and showing documentaries with actual experts. Not going to happen, though, is it? Not when they are a convenient mouthpiece of the government (any party) and stuffed full of Oxbridge pseudo-Marxist Islington dinner party types.
Their Climate coverage could do with balance as well
I now prefer not to pay for my propaganda especially as I can get it for free anywhere these days!
And those pompous BBC 'Fact Checkers' - do they think we're that stupid? It is beyond irritating how they they position themselves on a pinnacle of superior, unbiased and accurate reportage when the reality is anything but. They lie the same as all the other news channels.
The only difference is is that the BBC is our NATIONAL propaganda channel and for that reason we have to love it (despite all the sordid sex scandals and corruption cover ups).
I was the BIGGEST user and defender of the BBC. I remember less than a decade ago debating with a much younger colleague about why the the license fee was fair and just - citing honest news reportage; accurate facts; David Attenborough (depopulationist); amazing documentaries; gold old British humour (nothing like the Yank crap); brilliant dramas etc etc.
The quality of output has since plummeted along with my trust. I have more pressing things to spend £174.50 on.
And as an aside, that old 'left/right' trope ... when will people wake up, stop labelling themselves, stop putting themselves in a box and see that we all basically want the same things. Stop all the lateral fighting, look up, and see who we really need to be fighting against. It sure ain't our fellow neighbours.
Stop fighting each other, unite, and finally never vote again - once 'they' know that our understanding of 'democracy' is under question they will know that the sheep have finally awoken.
It is clearly not what it was in terms of TV quality either. Gone are the days of many classic sitcoms.
"Oh woe is me. The BBC does not accurately reflect my right wing / left wing (delete as appropriate) viewpoint." Cry harder.
The fact that I see this so often makes me think that the BBC has probably got the balance about right.
I currently pay 7 times as much per day for my Sky subscription as I do to the BBC. And Sky just hand the money over to Premier League footballers etc. who I have no interest in watching. But you have to accept the good with the bad.
And just who do you think pays for all the advertising funded output you watch? You do, of course, through the cost of the advertised products that you buy. There's no such thing as a free lunch/TV broadcast/radio show/stream etc., etc.
Yes but you have a choice if you want Sky TV or not.
If you are happy to purchase goods advertised on ITV and watch their shoes because you enjoy them, why should you have to give the BBC money?
The licence fee ought to be scrapped; given the amount of scandals for a so-called ‘impartial’ broadcasting corporation. Even elderly people don’t get it for free anymore - it’s essentially another tax!
A tax that technically is cheaper per person the more people who live in a house.
I used to listen to 5 Live in the car, and watched BBC News 24, but when I started watching Talk TV and GB News I realised how biased the BBC actually is. I sometimes watch iPlayer but could happily live without it. So I have to pay the licence fee just to watch GB News live
It's clearly wrong you have to pay for it to watch GB news
"The BBC can still have a role — especially in areas the market doesn’t naturally provide: trusted news, national moments, education, emergency broadcasting, and cultural output that isn’t built purely to chase clicks.".........."trusted news" 🤣
But....it needs to change. It's not fit for purpose, and the only reason it's getting away with it is that we're all forced to pay for it.
If it actually had to be competitive, it'd either sink - or get its act together!
Spot on - it's funding model also means it has far too many journalists