[toronto353]

(Original post by JPKC)
It's worrying that the Government were actually considering something along these lines.



Why?

It was an old Bill from around 2010 that I never submitted. It wouldn't have allowed advert breaks though. The aim of the Bill was to legalise product placement and to encourage that as a means to reduce the license fee. Certain areas such as educational programmes would have been protected though.

(Original post by internetguru)
QFA

It was posted in the Government forum prior to your departure so the likelihood is that you based this petition on what I posted.

[NR09]

(Original post by internetguru)
So you think all TV channels except the BBC are dreadful?

No, absolutely not. I just think that people take the BBC for granted and forget how good it really is.

(Original post by Jack22031994)
The BBC unbiasded? You have got to be joking! It's one of the most biased media outlets out there!


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No it's not. The likes of Fox in America is so much worse it is hilarious. The BBC is no where near as bad as people say.

[JPKC]

(Original post by toronto353)
It was an old Bill from around 2010 that I never submitted. It wouldn't have allowed advert breaks though. The aim of the Bill was to legalise product placement and to encourage that as a means to reduce the license fee. Certain areas such as educational programmes would have been protected though.

Why're you looking up old bills?

(Original post by RoryS)
I feel that there should be a little introduction/preamble to the main contents of the bill then go into what the petition calls upon the government to do.

There should be more of a structure the sub-headings in bold maybe and the numbered clauses indent to the right slightly.

This isn't a bill and there is no formal format for petitions, this is the "best format" I've seen, normally they're exactly equivalent to motions so I don't see where you're getting these expectations from.

[Yellow_Watermelon]

I don't like adverts its the reason why i like bbc iplayer

[toronto353]

(Original post by JPKC)
Why're you looking up old bills?

It was a good Bill, but it was never submitted. I costed it all as well.

[internetguru]

(Original post by toronto353)
It was an old Bill from around 2010 that I never submitted. It wouldn't have allowed advert breaks though. The aim of the Bill was to legalise product placement and to encourage that as a means to reduce the license fee. Certain areas such as educational programmes would have been protected though.



It was posted in the Government forum prior to your departure so the likelihood is that you based this petition on what I posted.

Okay post your bill and we shall compare them I assure you this is all original material.

[Jack22031994]

(Original post by NR09)
No, absolutely not. I just think that people take the BBC for granted and forget how good it really is.



No it's not. The likes of Fox in America is so much worse it is hilarious. The BBC is no where near as bad as people say.

It's nit as bad bit still is bias,

It's
Pro Europe
Pro labour
Anti Israel
and more...

The list is too long to write


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[Birchington]

The BBC's content and output is still vastly superior to that produced by the commercial sector. The TV licence should be reduced but it shouldn't be abolished.

[internetguru]

(Original post by Birchington)
The BBC's content and output is still vastly superior to that produced by the commercial sector. The TV licence should be reduced but it shouldn't be abolished.

You shouldn't support it at all it is basically a poll tax.

[NR09]

(Original post by Jack22031994)
It's nit as bad bit still is bias,

It's
Pro Europe
Pro labour
Anti Israel
and more...

The list is too long to write


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I follow politics, but not avidly, and I am curious as to how this is the case. I'm not trying to be an arse, it's a genuine question.

[Jack22031994]

(Original post by NR09)
I follow politics, but not avidly, and I am curious as to how this is the case. I'm not trying to be an arse, it's a genuine question.

Type biased BBC into google, and go to the biased BBC website and it will tell you where the BBC has been biased


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[Keckers]

(Original post by NR09)
I follow politics, but not avidly, and I am curious as to how this is the case. I'm not trying to be an arse, it's a genuine question.

How this is the case? Watch many of their programs and you'll see fairly quickly the position taken by the bbc on many issues.

[Birchington]

(Original post by Jack22031994)
Type biased BBC into google, and go to the biased BBC website and it will tell you where the BBC has been biased

That information on the BBC's bias is also heavily biased. The website deliberately seeks to find thinks it considers biased, so objectivity is lost and the website assumes it's own biased agenda.

I agree the BBC has demonstrated certain bias, particularly during the Labour years, but compared to Fox News, it's pretty good on neutrality.

[Ysolt]

I disagree with this petition; the BBC is a valuable national institution that has respect around the world and in the UK, and although the license fee isnt perfect I think removing it like this would be harmful.

[ThePants999]

There's lots of opposition to removing the license fee entirely - but it needs to be absolutely slashed. The BBC spend far too much money on output that would be successful on commercial channels. The raison d'etre for the license fee is to allow the BBC to produce content that just wouldn't get made if it had to be commercially funded. The BBC's coverage of stuff like Euro 2012 is high quality, but totally unnecessary.

[MrHayden]

This is one of the worst ****ing ideas I've ever heard.

[thunder_chunky]

(Original post by Birchington)
The BBC's content and output is still vastly superior to that produced by the commercial sector. The TV licence should be reduced but it shouldn't be abolished.

This. I can think of few channels that have commercial support that are actually better than the BBC. There are some that are equal (depending the time of day and week) but not that many that provide endless quality television. I wonder what sort of financial effect it would have to end the license altogether.

[internetguru]

(Original post by Ysolt)
I disagree with this petition; the BBC is a valuable national institution that has respect around the world and in the UK, and although the license fee isnt perfect I think removing it like this would be harmful.

Harmful to what?

[CyclopsRock]

Just so everyone knows, privatising the BBC wouldn't suddenly mean all the people there that make good TV and radio shows would die. They'd still be alive!

[katyness]

Why are so many people opposing this? I agree. It's wasted money.