I am always staggered by the numbers of personnel in the credits at the end of a tv programme. I naively believe there are savings to be made there. And I have long believed that the news cliche of a reporter broadcasting from outside whatever place a story is related to, as though s/he's just come out from doing his research there, can scarcely be worth the cost of taking reporter and film crew there to make the clip.
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Wouldn't you agree though that the complexity of issues involved in broadcasting media bias renders inadequate the using of just one episode of a late-night programme to base one's case?Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostComment
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“The BBC is an amoral, power-serving propaganda monster that uses its (pitifully minimal and incompetent) cultural content as a *protection racket*:
"Lovely orchestras, aren't they? Would be *terrible* if something happened to them... Now: hand over the £3billion we collect every year from even the poorest households in the country..."”
Balanced assessment from ff’s friend on his Facebook Grumpy Group ……Comment
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The "person on the spot" thing has been the cause of irritation for some time I think, judging from comments I've heard and read, and the effects of covid restrictions (not being able to move staff around/get to other countries) has added weight to those saying much of it is unnecessary and needs to be reconsidered. Seeing what is happening is one thing, having a person standing and wittering is quite another, and the time wasted on the "now let's go to..." rigmarole would be better spent on supplying useful information and/or analysis.Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostComment
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I rarely watch BBC News, preferrring the Channel Four model. Their 'person on the spot' treatment works better IMV.Originally posted by oddoneout View PostComment
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Interesting: I've just watched a Channel 4 video interview with John Whittingdale - an advocate of licence fee abolition "in the long term" and he said there was no way a subscription model would work for BBC radio. So, what? he didn't say, though given that there is no current separate funding source for radio other than the television licence fee, it would have been good if he'd been pressed on that.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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And C4 is in the firing line as well, not least because of its news programme ...Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostComment
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I don't usually watch the main scheduled TV News of any channel, going instead for Sky, BBC, CNN or other rolling news sources via satellite Channel 501 onwards.Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
I lived in Germany for five years in the 70s and relied quite a lot on BBC World Service radio and very often still listen to it for a broader perspective and approach, eg Hard Talk interviews. Now pleased to be able to listen to it in the car, since our latest one has DAB.Comment
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Excellent hardhitting analysis of the circumstances around the TV Licence smokescreen, BBC funding itself, (and very government-critical) and especially good on how BBC Radio gets forgotten in the kite-flying about subscription, not to mention freeview....
Very wideranging in experiences and views from the journalists etc involved. Lively exchanges!
I find myself listening to R4 much more these days.... this and the (often heartbreaking) Any Answers are two of the best things on the network...
Glad someone mentioned the World Service.., this has a huge global audience and would be badly missed by many who rely on it...Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 19-01-22, 20:23.Comment
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Why does the BBC feel they need to broadcast the news from Downing Street - I hardly think that Boris is going stick his head out and say ‘ Hi Hugh I’m resigning you should be the first to know!’Comment
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In order to make the most of being allowed through the gate, while it lasts?Originally posted by cloughie View PostComment
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I don't know for sure about this, but I think the BBC World Service has some independent funding from the government. It's not propaganda as such, but is a medium for putting across British views on world matters, amongst other things.Glad someone mentioned the World Service.., this has a huge global audience and would be badly missed by many who rely on it...
I found this: https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2021...ervice-fundingComment
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