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 Originally Posted by OngBonga
Indeed, the Russians can only look on in awe at the beast we've created. The beauty of the BBC is that everyone thinks it's independent and unbiased, and bastard well pay a license for it. Imagine willingly paying for state tv while not even realising it's state tv.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the BBC doesn't do ads, and some of their content is truly world class entertainment, but I would prefer it to be overtly state tv rather than this bullshit about independence, and do away with the license, just fund it directly from the public purse. Use the channel for matters of public interest... national sports, education, news, popular entertainment... there is a place for state tv, they just shouldn't pretend it's not under government control.
I think we have a different concept of the connotations of the term "state TV." Yes, the BBC by a literal definition is state TV, and everyone knows that, but it's hardly a propaganda mouthpiece for the gov't. If it were, you would expect it to change its angle every time a new party comes into power, and it just stays pretty vanilla regardless. It's not like it went from being like a TV version of the Guardian to the Daily Mail the day after the Tories won in 2010.
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