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Old 20-04-2008, 12:20 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Britannist View Post
"Balance" is a word which doesn't belong in the same sentence as "BBC".
But the same is true for the word "Murdoch" and that is the sort of media, perhaps with the Guardian, which is all that will be left without the BBC. Murdoch and Murdochesque publications and channels.

Oh dear god, I just had an awful thought! We might get Fox news!

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You are in Australia and do not have access to the bulk of the BBC output.
I have been here just over 9 months.

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Here in the UK we are forced to pay the BBC to get the right to watch ITV or other independent broadcasters. The television licence is a ridiculous system - we should not have to pay the biased BBC so we can watch ITV.
ITV was rubbish unless you like Corrie and reality TV, Channel four was better and BBC actually had the best programs on normal TV.

In Australia the public TV is alot weaker and TV in general here is dire, most of it is sport and reality TV. There could be a correlation.
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