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To: Solon who wrote (5290)	2/15/2004 1:15:39 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7853

<Blair govt considers BBC break-up> FP[ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2004 01:19:13 PM ] LONDON : Britain 's government is considering a plan to break up the BBC and remove its independent status in the wake of a bitter row with the state-funded broadcaster over the Iraq war, a report said. Government papers detailing possible changes to the BBC 's structure proposed breaking it into separate regional entities for England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland , The Sunday Times said. economictimes.indiatimes.com Nothing new, those same regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland already promised to break off London City, with chain-saws off if needed, free paddles while drifting into the Atlantic, but decided not to (yet), if given their own non-two-party parliaments, which they were given. Luckily we have a constitution based on both consensus and informed citizens, even a demand for that, and thus a 75% popularity rating for our "public service" media organization.(funded by license fees, like BBC, not by whoever pays for those interruptions of the regular programs) That is, one get what one pays for, or what somebody else pays for. Ilmarinen Btw, what kind of copyrights does NBC has an "Meet the Press" and their public rights guests, do they archive them on internet?? (CSPAN seemed to have barely got some minor-clip-copyrights) But-But BBC has it points, like this Ali-guy "I has human rights, you has human rights, even animals has human rights" Me think me has the right to archive those public service guys of last and especially this sunday. Me old favorite presenting that "Remember Florida" button idea??, me missed the beginning (after that it was just as fun as in the 80s of dangling chads in Florida,additionally here there everywhere, when I did not really believe what I was told, took some years to actually connect it to realities)

To: Solon who wrote (5290)	2/15/2004 1:27:13 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7853

<Plans being considered include giving a government media watchdog greater control over the BBC's output , closing BBC outlets which are not considered "public service" and even forcing the corporation to share some of its licence fee revenue with other broadcasters. > From the land of Orwell and Huxley But wuth 160 proof Jack Daniel points, do you think that an Orwellian media, or a Huxley version, is something more suitable for you?? It is, basically, a very old question on big bad them there government, or just the most efficient way of plugging into some chemical stuff to at least get some alco-holes, optionally filled with smoke or just controlling the synapses, shrinking neurons. That is, how that big bad is elected