Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LindyBill who wrote (5182)	8/16/2003 2:08:35 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 793592

Nicely done column. Retells a lot in a little.

To: LindyBill who wrote (5182)	8/16/2003 2:16:39 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793592

Hi LindyB. every household in Britain with a color television set has to pay a licensing fee of approximately $187 Thanks for the link. It's damn cheap too I tell you... /rant on. I guess that the price us Brits are more then willing to pay to get a TV station that does not have adverts. And I really mean that by the way. I like watching the discovery and history channels too, but if I see one more freaking advert for stray animals I'm going to barf... even our RSPCA has started a campaign where they use repetitive adverts practically every five minutes. This is all on top of the freaking adverts for personal loans and the recos from dumb people (hey look! we are dumb just like you!!) that you should take out a loan too. Yes.. lets all owe tons of money! /rant off. I watch the ITV channels for updates of the Kelly case. It's the UK's commercial independent channels. They often have some good stuff (TV adverts aside, not quite as bad as the History Channel and Discovery channels), their web sites are not like the BBC's though. They just publish the programming schedules. No 10 (Tony Blair's government) is by no means out of the woods and there is widespread criticism of even the narrow defined terms of the enquiry.. i.e it's just a whitewash job. news.ft.com But to answer your question. Yes, the BBC is getting a good kicking and they deserve it too -g- They are/were biased in a political way. Hopefully we will see some improvement after all this.

To: LindyBill who wrote (5182)	8/16/2003 2:48:23 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793592

"BBC staff often say proudly that it is their responsibility to oppose whatever government is in power. Well, actually, it isn't. . . . Examination and analysis are the business of tax-funded journalism. Opposition is the business of mandated politicians." And that's what it comes down to, doesn't it? The Beeb's definition of "fair and balanced" seems to be "report the opposite of whatever the government says, true or not." Journalism reduced to contrarianism. Derek