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DEM FAN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 05:02 PM
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Watching BBC NewsNight On C-Span. Why Can't Our News Be That Way
The BBC Gets It Right. :-)
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efhmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 05:25 PM
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1. Because they are well educated and expect the people who speak and
those who listen to use reason and not right wing emotion to understand the issues of the day.
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never cry wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 05:27 PM
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3. In addition,
they are publically owned, not whores to the ratings or corporate owners.
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 05:26 PM
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2. The BBC
is public television...not privately owned.

Therefore they don't pander to the lowest common denominator with 'infotainment'
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sociopath Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 05:39 PM
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4. BBC RIP 1922-2006 maybe!
And for all you people that look at the BBC Website, you won't be able to when the conservatives win the next general election:

"The Conservative party yesterday warned it would switch off a range of the BBC's digital services, including its website and youth channel BBC3, if it won the next general election."

"But I am not persuaded that there is necessarily a case for a public service website. I'm not persuaded that anything on the BBC site could not be provided elsewhere... The BBC site is fantastic but that's because it's had a lot of money thrown at it."

"Mr Whittingdale's comments added to a debate over the BBC's public service remit that will become more heated as the corporation approaches charter renewal in 2006."

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,9061,1030001,00.html
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But then again, what's the chances of the conservative party winning the next election!
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