The BBC is catering to the government and not the general public

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orangeblosssom · 11/03/2023 10:58

Now the BBC won't broadcast one of Sir David Attenborough's new series on British wildlife because it cause backlash from Tory politicians.

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Iam4eels · 12/03/2023 14:23

Removing the requirement in NI would have been a much cheaper option.

Emotionalstorm · 16/03/2023 16:50

ThreeFeetTall · 12/03/2023 14:08

@sjxoxo but what's the difference between a state broadcaster and a public broadcaster in reality?
State broadcaster would have someone in charge directly chosen by politicians [Richard Sharpe and presumably all chairmen before him?]
The money the BBC relies on, requires the government to keep the law around the licence fee as it is.

I get that this is why the Gary Linkeker thing is so important, is he a state employee and has to stay neutral like a civil servant? or is he a free agent that is just hired by the BBC and can express his owns views in his own time?

I think the BBC knows it can't bite the hand that feeds it. But I'd like to learn more about this and hopefully I will be wrong

I don't think they've gone too far with the Lineker thing. They pay their presenters a lot of money and so they should be able to tell them what to do.

Eleganz · 16/03/2023 17:08

Emotionalstorm · 16/03/2023 16:50

I don't think they've gone too far with the Lineker thing. They pay their presenters a lot of money and so they should be able to tell them what to do.

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I disagree. They pay their presenters a lot of money because that is the going rate. If they didn't pay Lineker that he would be off to Sky. They don't get to control people's views totally away from their area of work for the BBC just because they are on a big money contract.

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