SC
I'm assuming she's a BBC Scotland manager.
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/tn_scotlandstrike.jpg
EDIT: Bit of searching reveals she's BBC News Scotland's 'Forward Planning Editor'.
scottishtv
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Lewis c posted:
Susan Donald is reading the RPS bulletin.Who is she i have never heard of her before.
I'm assuming she's a BBC Scotland manager.
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/tn_scotlandstrike.jpg
EDIT: Bit of searching reveals she's BBC News Scotland's 'Forward Planning Editor'.
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william
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Yvette Austin did South East Today (I *believe* she is management - at some level anyway - someone may be able to confirm).
The strike was one of their stories, however tellingly they didn't film any pictures of the staff outside Tunbridge Wells (although Meridian did) but just used the TVC stuff.
The strike was one of their stories, however tellingly they didn't film any pictures of the staff outside Tunbridge Wells (although Meridian did) but just used the TVC stuff.
AS
What if someone in a low income family, a pensioner or a single parent likes the BBC 4 couture shows?
The same argument could be made that people like Michael Winner is paying for 1Xtra, or people without kids are paying for the children's channels, etc.
The wider tax argument can even go as far as that I pay for students to got uni, tho I never benefited from it, or that I pay £1000 a year in council tax, though the area I live in never has its bins emptied on time.
You can't judge likes and dislikes by social groups, you are quite right - You can be a single low income mum and like BBC4. You miss the key points...I was talking about more advanced arguments on access and appreciation scores, NOT the simplistic values you are using.
These are weighted to take all the issues into account (not ideal, but a better way of looking at the issue)
The BBC is different to wider social taxation. It exists to broadcast TO the community, and thus should at least try and reflect the interests and aspirations of it. At the moment programme spending is to much biased towards the shows BBC staff want to make, not those its audience wants.
BTW, the BBC is a STATE broadcaster, it is controlled by the state by unelected officers and has its remit and budget set by a government minister.
Of course other state broadcaster make drama, comedy and entertainment! Just because they don't import to the UK, please tell me your not naive enough to think its not made????
The figures quoted ARE correct.
The BBC is NOT a state broadcaster (it's a common misconception), to say so would suggest that direct control lies in the hands of government.
Wikipedea is seen as a reliable source of information, take a look here and you'll see that nowhere are the words "state broadcaster" found together, neither will you find them if you do a search of the BBC's own website.
GaryC posted:
Dog posted:
What if someone in a low income family, a pensioner or a single parent likes the BBC 4 couture shows?
The same argument could be made that people like Michael Winner is paying for 1Xtra, or people without kids are paying for the children's channels, etc.
The wider tax argument can even go as far as that I pay for students to got uni, tho I never benefited from it, or that I pay £1000 a year in council tax, though the area I live in never has its bins emptied on time.
You can't judge likes and dislikes by social groups, you are quite right - You can be a single low income mum and like BBC4. You miss the key points...I was talking about more advanced arguments on access and appreciation scores, NOT the simplistic values you are using.
These are weighted to take all the issues into account (not ideal, but a better way of looking at the issue)
The BBC is different to wider social taxation. It exists to broadcast TO the community, and thus should at least try and reflect the interests and aspirations of it. At the moment programme spending is to much biased towards the shows BBC staff want to make, not those its audience wants.
BTW, the BBC is a STATE broadcaster, it is controlled by the state by unelected officers and has its remit and budget set by a government minister.
Of course other state broadcaster make drama, comedy and entertainment! Just because they don't import to the UK, please tell me your not naive enough to think its not made????
The figures quoted ARE correct.
The BBC is NOT a state broadcaster (it's a common misconception), to say so would suggest that direct control lies in the hands of government.
Wikipedea is seen as a reliable source of information, take a look here and you'll see that nowhere are the words "state broadcaster" found together, neither will you find them if you do a search of the BBC's own website.
