Chekhov Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, RJRB said: @trastrick https://uk.radio.net/country/dominican-republic BBC stations seem popular over there Was it because you nearly crashed your car when some contributor said something that didn’t conform to your trenchant views? You're right, it's dangerous listening, whilst driving, to absolute cobblers being spouted like it was a fact, esp when that "fact" directly affects ones own life. You may be referring to when Government minister, backed up a by a senior health official (I'm pretty sure it was Jenny Harries) announced at their official "Covid briefing" that "this virus is indiscriminate". I perhaps knew, the moment I heard that BS, that this was going to be a very drawn out affair, with much scaremongering and exaggeration along the way. Which it did, in fact, turn out to be. Edited February 2, 2023 by Chekhov 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trastrick Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 48 minutes ago, RJRB said: Everywhere in the world because they have long been one of the most trusted news sources available. They also employ their own on the spot reporters and investigators . Apart from the news service some of their radio and tv programmes speak for themselves. Not bad for the price of a pint per week. As regards your question....not a clue Lol In their Annual Report they brag about the services they make "available" to huge audiences around the World. That's no realistic way to assess their popularity with listeners, or the size of their audience, or even the CBI (expenditures vs customers) they don't have to! They don't have to be viable. All their competition have be concerned with such things. budgets, staff levels, facilities etc. But the subject was bias! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 1 hour ago, trastrick said: Lol You mean they don't even bother to vote? I would suppose that the 22 000 BBC employees (engineers, technicians, catering staff, translators, writers, designers, drivers, secretarial staff, office staff, accountants etc., etc., distributed around 600 constituencies in all four countries) would express their voting preferences is much the same way as any other group of working people would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRB Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, trastrick said: In their Annual Report they brag about the services they make "available" to huge audiences around the World. That's no realistic way to assess their popularity with listeners, or the size of their audience, or even the CBI (expenditures vs customers) they don't have to! They don't have to be viable. All their competition have be concerned with such things. budgets, staff levels, facilities etc. But the subject was bias! Seems as good a way as any of gauging popularity. I prefer the BBC method of funding rather than advertising revenue or a media mogul This revenue still has to be utilised as any other organisation and it is not a bottomless pit. Any of the alternatives seem to be more likely to promote a certain bias. Edited February 2, 2023 by RJRB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trastrick Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 13 minutes ago, Annie Bynnol said: I would suppose that the 22 000 BBC employees (engineers, technicians, catering staff, translators, writers, designers, drivers, secretarial staff, office staff, accountants etc., etc., distributed around 600 constituencies in all four countries) would express their voting preferences is much the same way as any other group of working people would do. Any other "unionized" group of working people, maybe! You really believe that employees would vote for any party that threatens to shut their company down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 22 minutes ago, trastrick said: In their Annual Report they brag about the services they make "available" to huge audiences around the World. Turns out "Soft Power" is a thing... 22 minutes ago, trastrick said: That's no realistic way to assess their popularity with listeners, or the size of their audience, or even the CBI (expenditures vs customers) they don't have to! Nonsense! 22 minutes ago, trastrick said: They don't have to be viable. That's because you've fundamentally failed to understand why it exists. 22 minutes ago, trastrick said: All their competition have be concerned with such things. budgets, staff levels, facilities etc. They also don't promote UK excellence abroad, or counter anti-British propaganda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 5 minutes ago, trastrick said: In their Annual Report they brag about the services they make "available" to huge audiences around the World. That's no realistic way to assess their popularity with listeners, or the size of their audience, or even the CBI (expenditures vs customers) they don't have to! They don't have to be viable. All their competition have be concerned with such things. budgets, staff levels, facilities etc. But the subject was bias! They do have to be viable and its expenditure under public scrutiny unlike for example, Sky News. You may not know that successive Charters have obliged the BBC with additional responsibilities at a time of reducing income from the TV licence. When I mentioned Murdoch previously,I did not mention that none of the ITV companies or independent production companies supported him- if the BBC had taken on advertising(there is nothing in the Charter that forbids this) it would have wiped out all of the ITV companies, leaving a straight fight between Murdoch TV and the BBC for audience and therefore advertising revenue. The race to the bottom of TV programming and sacrificing quality is not acceptable. PBS anybody? When in Colorado(pre internet)the BBC World Service changed its frequencies, I was not surprised that the Brits and less so the European students asked me to re-tune their sets but the number of Asian students did. In Czechoslovakia and East Berlin the students used to spend an hour or two chasing unblocked BBC frequencies around the radio dial. VoA and AFN were rarely interfered with. The Archers would have never survived the socialists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 6 hours ago, trastrick said: In their Annual Report they brag about the services they make "available" to huge audiences around the World. The world is a better place because of the BBC. What we don't want is people being influenced by a Russian based media that is backed by Putin. Some foolish people seem to think that GB news is harmless. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_DADDY Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Just now, El Cid said: The world is a better place because of the BBC. Snipped 🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fools Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 6 minutes ago, El Cid said: The world is a better place because of the BBC. What we don't want is people being influenced by a Russian based media that is backed by Putin. Some foolish people seem to think that GB news is harmless. have you been watching ted talks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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