Author Topic: BBC gets KICKED for being pro Iraqi (Read 2355 times)

Sandman · « **Reply #15 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:04:47 PM »

Which part do you not understand?

NUKE · « **Reply #16 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:05:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
Which part do you not understand?

All of it mostly

Sandman · « **Reply #17 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:06:08 PM »

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Originally posted by NUKE
All of it mostly

None of it some?

NUKE · « **Reply #18 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:10:13 PM »

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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
None of it some?

lol, you steal my jokes

only I don't feel the need to put a smiley next to it to label it has as humor.

funkedup · « **Reply #19 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:23:20 PM »

It's their frikking nationalized news outlet. If you're out there risking your bellybutton in battle, and you can't get backup from your own government, you have a right to be pissed.

Sandman · « **Reply #20 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:26:42 PM »

Is the BBC owned by the government?

Sandman · « **Reply #21 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:27:18 PM »

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Originally posted by NUKE
lol, you steal my jokes

only I don't feel the need to put a smiley next to it to label it has as humor.

Just making sure you knew what I meant.

funkedup · « **Reply #22 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:27:53 PM »

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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
Is the BBC owned by the government?

I thought so?

NUKE · « **Reply #23 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:30:14 PM »

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Originally posted by funkedup
I thought so?

I thought so too.

Sandman · « **Reply #24 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:39:21 PM »

I'm looking at the 2002 Annual Report... apparently, the BBC is not solely funded by the government.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/report2002/index.shtml

Haven't dug out the actual figures yet...

Hangtime · « **Reply #25 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:41:40 PM »

is sandman owned by the government?

Sandman · « **Reply #26 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:51:05 PM »

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Originally posted by Hangtime
is sandman owned by the government?

I'm not solely funded by the government either.

funkedup · « **Reply #27 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:52:19 PM »

I looked into it to check it out. They are controlled by government appointees and funded mostly by taxes (aka license fees). They are a state run monopoly.

Sandman · « **Reply #28 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:54:24 PM »

License fees are taxes?

funkedup · « **Reply #29 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:56:38 PM »

Yeah the poor limeys have to pay annually for every TV set they own.

But I'm sure that won't stop you from finding some Clintonesque semantic angle to make them not look like a state run monopoly.