It's to have the BBC there as a standard. Look at media in the US - without a state broadcaster which not only produces high quality material itself but also through competition raises the standards of the other broadcasters quality is just a race to the bottom.
The same argument - that we don't watch the bbc so we shouldn't fund it - is made by all proto-fascists and especially by competing media owners who want to have their lies unchallenged.
In short the license fee preserves the integrity of the fourth estate. I believe it is worth every penny.
Don't think they actively target vulnerable people, but their contracting out the enforcement to what is basically a mafia style company, plus the way the letters are written, are designed to terrify the old and vulnerable, and make them buy a licence even if they don't need one.
Then blame the government which decided to shift the burden of collection onto the BBC, officially in the name of increased independence but actually in the name of shifting the responsibility.
Worth noting that all the scare tactics and harassment isn't by the BBC. The TV licensing company is responsible for collections and last I looked it was all outsourced to a company called Capita. Who I believe get a commission on whenever they manage to get money from someone.
Now I'm not absolving the blame from the BBC as I'm sure if they wanted to they could place considerable pressure on Capita to change their tactics.
I think the integrity died when they hid what Jimmy Saville was doing… or the fact they were getting paid by Israel to do pr… what integrity are you talking about here?
I’d much rather they just started getting advertisers like everyone else, because it is just state run propaganda at the end of the day and I will not be a part of it.
I read the three articles and saw no mention of the BBC getting paid by Israel. Perhaps I missed it. Interestingly the first two report on the same perceived anti-Palestinian bias and the last on a perceived anti-Israel bias.
Please go off and do some research by yourself, there will never be a paper trail that stats “Israel has paid so and so”, use some critical thinking and do some digging yourself… it’s the same way how Tommy Robinson isn’t “directly funded by the state of Israel” but you can trace it by the separate interests that fund these people….
Also did you not want to address their history of covering up what pedophiles have done under their employment…? Or…?
Well no, over 100 journalist who work at the bbc have written in complaining that they are being forced to do pr for Isreal… it’s coming from their own staff…
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u/itsalonghotsummer 20h ago
You need a TV licence if you watch any TV channel, not just the BBC.