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Originally Posted by twobits
Why should people be forced to support through taxes tv shows that they won't directly. If people want it they will pay, if not what does it matter if it goes away? It would probably become more expensive then it is now. They would create tv lobbyist, tv bureaucrats, tv studies, and probably even tv police all funded through these taxes. Just another expense we would have no control over. Seems a pretty bad idea.
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The fact that the BBC is funded by the state means that it can make programmes that would not be commercially viable - documentaries, costume drama, etc. In addition to which they have what are, IMHO, the best news channel and web site around. Personally I think it's money very well spent. I don't think you'd find very many people in Britain who don't regard the BBC as a good thing.