Sell off of Channel 4

Another kick on the shins for us Jo & Joe Public.
Watch closely & see who benefits from this...( hint it is unlikely to be the viewers!)

DiamondLily
Is that a Daily Mail article we are expected to believe?
One never knows on GN.

DCMS select committee chair Julian Knight has questioned if the government’s plans to forge forward with the privatisation of Channel 4 are “revenge”, adding that many Tories believe the move is “payback time” for “biased coverage”.

The thing I can’t get my head around is that Dorries is theMinister for Culture, which I understand as the remit for promotion of, encouragement and support of all things cultural.

Perhaps she doesn’t understand what culture means. She doesn’t seem to understand much else.

varian

DCMS select committee chair Julian Knight has questioned if the government’s plans to forge forward with the privatisation of Channel 4 are “revenge”, adding that many Tories believe the move is “payback time” for “biased coverage”.

If this is true, and they will never admit it then they have more in common with Putin and the likes of Ordan than I find comfortable.

Julian Knight is a Conservative MP.

Whitewavemark2

varian

DCMS select committee chair Julian Knight has questioned if the government’s plans to forge forward with the privatisation of Channel 4 are “revenge”, adding that many Tories believe the move is “payback time” for “biased coverage”.

If this is true, and they will never admit it then they have more in common with Putin and the likes of Ordan than I find comfortable.

Judging by some reactions to this news a number of posters would feel very comfortable in a Putin or Orban led regime.

varian

Julian Knight is a Conservative MP.

Yes I know but he is asking the question, not stating a fact, for which he will never get an answer.

He is right of course, as Dorries suggested just that back in the autumn. She will be having a go at the BBC next.

The BBC should be a subscription service.

It is easy for governments to undermine established systems so that they can better control them by ensuring those running media / communicaton companies & outlets are all on message & in line with government thinking.
It is how Russia has convinced a large section of the population that Ukraine is bombing itself and reported atrocities is all " fake" news.

It creeps in and we all think we will see it and not be sucked in. But we are already.

It has happened to the National Health Service, state education and some access to legal representation and other public services that the current ruling party would prefer to do away with. We have been sold privatisation as the panacea, a route to better services and lifestyle...

Good luck with better health when it is privatised then.

You don't know what you've got 'till.it's gone.?

gone...

How bad is it when a member of the bbc hierarchy agrees with the government.
This article is written by John Mair ( question time founder) not a hatchet job by a Daily Mail journalist.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10689683/JOHN-MAIR-hope-privatising-Channel-4-wake-call-BBC.html

Naturally the government wish to rid themselves of channel 4 when you hear the brilliant journalism from the likes of Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Matt Frei, Cathy Newman and Fatima Manji.

Please leave channel 4 alone, it costs the tax payer nothing

MerylStreep

How bad is it when a member of the bbc hierarchy agrees with the government.
This article is written by John Mair ( question time founder) not a hatchet job by a Daily Mail journalist.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10689683/JOHN-MAIR-hope-privatising-Channel-4-wake-call-BBC.html

He's not a member of the BBC hierarchy, he's an academic.

Must try harder.

Why it's important to have a properly free press.

twitter.com/TheGoodLiars/status/1511063106763603970

What is it about the Tory party and those on the right wing who whilst professing to be 'patriots' seek to criticise and tear down all the time-honoured, people-serving, egalitarian institutions that make this country what it is...the NHS, The BBC, The National Trust and Channel 4 for starters.

Everything has to be owned and controlled by Tory 'friends'. If this continues to happen what will we be?

Coastpath

What is it about the Tory party and those on the right wing who whilst professing to be 'patriots' seek to criticise and tear down all the time-honoured, people-serving, egalitarian institutions that make this country what it is...the NHS, The BBC, The National Trust and Channel 4 for starters.

Everything has to be owned and controlled by Tory 'friends'. If this continues to happen what will we be?

A nationalist authoritarian country.

Tobias Ellwood posted this and strongly agrees.

Whitewavemark2

Coastpath

What is it about the Tory party and those on the right wing who whilst professing to be 'patriots' seek to criticise and tear down all the time-honoured, people-serving, egalitarian institutions that make this country what it is...the NHS, The BBC, The National Trust and Channel 4 for starters.

Everything has to be owned and controlled by Tory 'friends'. If this continues to happen what will we be?

A nationalist authoritarian country.

Russia...

I think what it is, is that the Tory party are much more in favour of individualism, they dislike the idea of people all chipping in together to provide for all.
They think people should only have what they have paid for themselves (subscription services, private medicine etc.) And that it is a person 's own fault if they cannot afford to do that.
They certainly can't understand the mindset of someone who is willing to share in order that others benefit.

I think that conservatives operate on the individual, the ME ME ME and never the US. That to me is the difference.

Would any of our Conservative voters like to comment on that?

Volver
It obviously hit home enough for you to be your usual self.