Yahoo's UK home page had a poll on with a poorly worded question asking whether Britons should refuse to pay the television licence fee. The options were: Yes, it's not worth it; and, No, it's value for money.
Quite apart from the poorly designed questionnaire (yes for a negative, no for a positive), I broke a longstanding habit of not voting in onine polls, because the Beeb is important. Yes, I voted No, because the licence fee is value for money. And here are the results at the time I voted this morning:
That's depressing, isn't it? That only about 1 in 8 people thinks the BBC is good value, when it provides ad-free television of a very high standard, fulfils a public service broadcasting remit, delivers national and local news, offers a fantastic range of national and local radio, gives us the iPlayer and Sounds app, and has one of the best websites in the world? All that for £159 per year. Yes, Netflix and Prime might be cheaper, but offer just a fraction of what the Beeb does. As for Sky, you don't really want to line Murdoch's pockets, do you?
Am I alone in thinking this? Am I so out of touch with popular opinion?
Here's a song in praise of the BBC... with bonus Susanna Hoffs.
"I would willingly sell my house and all it's contents to help the BBC"
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukun8nc5Y8U&ab_channel=NKTP
Yes, it might be a bit Alan Partridge, but I firmly believe the BBC is a good thing
Excellent NTNON clip.
DeleteI'm proud of the BBC, and so is Mitch Benn
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3q2iZuU5WM&ab_channel=yesthatmitch
Brilliant! How have I never seen that before?
DeleteDon't think people realise what an institution the Beeb really is nowadays with thousands of channels on tap. Maybe its different for us who remember the heady days when Channel 4 arrived and we had the enormity of 4 channels to choose from! Let's hope the BBC stays for many years to come,at least in some form.
ReplyDeleteToo right, mate. People will miss it when it's gone.
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