[OT] Worldcup 2006 ?

[Alma J Wetzker]

dallam wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 12:49:37PM -0500, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> 
>>If I want to get news, I usually tune in the BBC or some such.  (It is
>>good to have useful radio equipment.)
> 
> 
> The BBC is actually one of the things I won't miss *at all* when I move
> back to the states. In MHO the BBC is worse than Microsoft.
> 
> Not only do I find their presentation of the *News* very slanted and biased,
> I object to having to pay ?115 a year for a TV license for a color tv
> (black and white is about ?80 I believe) to finance the BBC. While other
> television networks here are dependent upon advertisments for their income,
> the BBC has a free ride due to the TV licensing tax. Don't want to pay the
> tax? The BBC employ folks who come to your home and demand entrance to count the
> televisions in your house. A court summons follows and you can be fined ?1000
> (roughly $1800). Oh, as well as the confiscation of your offending television
> sets.
> 
> http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp
> 
> Sorry for the rant, but it really bothers me when the BBC comes up
> as some standard for good news when they don't have to play by the
> same rules as everyone else does.

I do understand.  It is just that the BBC is light years ahead of US 
news.  I actually hear about international stuff other than Iraq.  The 
bias is easier to discount than you might think.  Once you get to the 
states, you may miss the BBC.

     -- Alma