BBC accused of broadcasting

THE BBC is under fire for putting famous, expensive people on television, almost like a broadcaster.

For whatever reason, people like him

Jeremy Clarkson, who earns the BBC millions for a show in which he makes a small man crash cars, is controversially given a share of those millions almost as if he were working for a broadcaster and not a Kafka-esque socialist nightmare.

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“A state-sponsored broadcaster should by rights show nothing but propaganda for the incumbent government and short films about increasing grain yields, like they used to in the Ukraine.

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2 responses to “BBC accused of broadcasting”

  1. Dave Walker

    Ah – while it does indeed show other things, I think the BBC can be found to have spent a lot of time showing propaganda for the incumbent government, but usually only when Labour’s in.

  2. Dave Walker

    Interestingly, I found out last night that there is BBC content which is available legitimately in other parts of the world, but *not* the UK.

    Try opening the following (which should return a piece about the Drake Equation) and see what you get:

    http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120821-how-many-alien-worlds-exist

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