Should the BBC be defunded?

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MayBee70

Can’t help but feel this is part of a Trump plan to take over this country along with our health service.

Are you actually serious?

Yes. But feel free to mock me if you want to…alas my knowledge of politics is not as great as yours.

MayBee70

Can’t help but feel this is part of a Trump plan to take over this country along with our health service.

Are you actually serious?

It's not fair and representative of the 4 nations, so YES!

What would I watch without the BBC?

A zillion other programmes and sites.

Granted, you would have to pay more I presume.

Absolutely not.

MayBee70

Can’t help but feel this is part of a Trump plan to take over this country along with our health service.

How?

I dont understand
How would that work?

growstuff

No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Growstuff’s post sums up my feelings.

What would I watch without the BBC?

PaynesGrey: I agree absolutely.

Can’t help but feel this is part of a Trump plan to take over this country along with our health service.

No.

^Ofcourse we need a national, publicly funded broadcaster.
^

Why?

Beginning to wonder why.

Yes. And I couldn't care less what people think that says about my politics.
That is the same tactic that is being used by the stalwarts from the BBC. John simpson saying it is a coordinated attack by the right whilst blocking the lgb groups trying to engage with him about their concerns. There is no hope for these people.

No No No .
Ofcourse we need a national, publicly funded broadcaster.

Yes mistakes have been made but hopefully learned from. As someone said upthread Who funds the Telegraph?

And why when Trump complains about anything British he doesn't like do we all jump to attention?
Jump for Trump.

You might have to after Trump sues the BBC ….*argymargy*.

No. And I would happily pay 10 times the current licence fee to keep it. HTH.

Is all this true?

I dont know what to believe any more.
Are all their articles, going back I dont know how long, true?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55640437

I do want them made accountable, unbiased, truthful and transparent.

The reason those things have been undermined is the Tory bias on the board of BBC directors - see my post above with links to Byline Times articles.

The right wing has forced out a right winger from the BBC for not being right wing enough and will now talk more about the BBC not being right wing enough in right wing papers and right wing talk shows that hate the BBC for not being right wing enough.

Quite right, Maybee. As it explains on moneysavingexpert:

You only need a TV licence if you watch or record TVas it's being broadcastoruse iPlayer– if you only ever use other catch-up sites, you don't need one.

And because services such as ITVX are usually updated within an hour or so, if not sooner, you can watch the latest instalment ofCoronation Streetnot long after it's been broadcast live on ITV.

If someone really thinks that paying £174.50 (£3.55 a week) is not good value and doesn’t avail themselves of any BBC TV content either live or iPlayer, than waiting an hour to watch content from other channels on demand only requires a little patience.

www.moneysavingexpert.com/broadband-and-tv/tv-licence/

Although you do not need a licence to listen to BBC Radio, 16% of the licence fee funds BBC radio. I’d pay £3.55 a week just for Radio 3, Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra plus the enormous back catalogue: 436 episodes of Home Front, 1088 episode of In Our Time, 1254 episodes of From Our Own Correspondent, 704 episodes of A Good Read, 774 episodes of Thinking Aloud, 2519 episodes of Desert Island Discs, 356 epsiodes of More or Less, just to name a few favourites and many many more, plus thousands of podcasts. It’s phenomenal value for money.

Yes, it should be defunded and it is far to far down the line to haul itself up to the high standards which it used to have.

I stopped purchasing a licence nearly two years ago - I have no regrets and miss nothing. More of those who object to the BBC's bias should do this, instead of moaning and writing letters to the newspapers.

MayBee70 yes you are forced to pay the BBC even if you don’t watch it. You cannot watch any live tv without the BBC licence.

Excellent thought fancy. Show Trump's speech. Remind the world that he stood by and did nothing to stop those thugs attacking, even when his own VP Mike Pence begged him to call them off.
Worth reminding the world about that.

No.

Nobody is forced to pay for the BBC either if they decide not to use it. If you feel the amount you have to pay for what little you watch isn’t worth it you’re not being forced to pay for the licence fee.

I don't want the BBC defunded but I do want them made accountable, unbiased, truthful and transparent. However just because you enjoy BBC output MayBee70 and think it good value doesn't mean it's good value and enjoyable for everybody else who also has to pay a licence fee. I hardly watch any TV, recording what little I do watch for viewing at a more convenient time. Most of what I record isn't BBC so I don't get value for money.
Comparing the BBC to a Sky subscription is pointless, nobody is forced to pay for Sky and those that choose to probably think it's worth it. My son stopped his Sky subscription because it failed to be good value for him anymore.

No. People say there’s never anything good to watch but I don’t have enough time in the day to watch everything or listen to sounds and podcasts. Then there’s Radio 6 for music. And let’s not forget that the Open University morphed into BBC4 which I watch most evenings. The last government tried to get rid of Ch4 and there are people trying to get rid of the BBC. It was the Conservatives who insisted on the director general that has just left. Sky costs £60 a month to subscribe to I believe. I still think the BBC is good value and most of the catchup I watch is BBC because I can’t afford to pay for advert free for ITV etc.

No! Needed a bit of a shake up which it has just had. I don't want to lose the BBC.