i wonder why in the other hand bbc needs to stop their tv liscence program as its a joke in the 21 century threatnen to fine or prosuecute them for watching a little bit of shit tv without a liscence that should of been ditched years ago.
Communalbuttplug on
I stopped paying my tv licence and watching tv when they got rid of crime watch.
CunningAlderFox on
Who still pays for a TV license? They don’t actually enforce it. If you never reply to any of the letters they don’t do anything. I’ve ignored about 200 of them over the last couple of years as I don’t watch live tv.
I once made the mistake of telling them I don’t need a license and they hounded me to let them in my house, called constantly and still sent letters. Now I just don’t contact them at all.
trmetroidmaniac on
GB News sure isn’t the reason, but I’m not watching the BBC.
Euclid20 on
It’s not just due to the tv license. People, in particular, younger generations aren’t consuming content like they used to. BBC has to modernise if it is to preserve it’s current role.
tfhermobwoayway on
I hope they manage to stop that. No content at all in GB News. It’s just naked fearmongering and manipulation all the time. Like Andrew Tate if he was an organisation.
Usual-Ground9670 on
Social media has exposed BBC for it’s bias news reporting.
And TV licence scam.
Interesting-Sky-7014 on
I hate the anti bbc rhetoric. I’m convinced it’s just a bunch of rich people pulling strings to attack the one of the channel that isn’t funded by adverts and therefore conrtrollable.
They just did a doc with dr van tuliken which attacks the food industry. Do you think channel 4 could do this when they show loads of food ads in between sections – simple answer is no.
The news on the whole is balanced, sometimes erring on not digging too deep on the tories but I don’t think it has a labour bias at all, that’s just a load of right wing bollocks.
WrestlingFan95 on
GB News. Wonderful people on screen. So likeable & factual. Never bias too! Not a sign of woke stuff like facts.
Strange-Box-8232 on
They wouldn’t have this issue if they didn’t axe bbc3 a few years ago. I was a teenager and used to watch it all the time.
Also they need to bring back shows like the revolution will be televised, two pints, and family guy. Especially the documentaries they used to do
They brought it back and the shows are awful. They lost the younger viewers for life
Antiques roadshow ain’t gonna keep their ratings, i don’t even watch eastenders anymore.
BBC has gone to shit and the saville et al. crew didn’t help at all
Emmgel on
People aren’t watching the BBC in general
Why would you? The fantastic work done with series such as Attenborough documentaries etc that the BBC used to put real investment into are now discarded in favour of cheap commercial reality crap like Strictly. It’s one step away from Celebrities Baking Pets in the Garden.
Plus the failure to deal with nonces doesn’t help.
Hughdungusmungus on
I very much doubt it’s actually losing viewers to GB news. It’s more younger people up to 30s don’t watch much TV so can’t consume their media.
I’ve never watched GB news. I don’t consume BBC on any level, apart from it being on in the background in our staff kitchen.
Old-Aside1538 on
What is a decent argument for the licence fee? It seems a little unfair as I barely watch television. I would opt out if I could, same way I opt out of Disney+ and Amazon, etc.
FiddleAndSteel on
GB News is all boring talk. The BBC has Strictly, Doctor Who, Match of the Day – the sort of programmes people actually watch.
Limp-Archer-7872 on
Gbnews gives fikkos simple answers to their problems. Sometimes it tells them that they have problems they never noticed before. And then gives them a simplistic solution.
Don’t be a fikko.
Particular-Back610 on
BBC content can be decent.
However the News is lets just say somewhat slanted if not sometimes downright biased…. can’t be arsed now to even look.
Suspect many many people feel the same way.
Copacacapybarargh on
For me, the BBC rarely reports actual social issues and seems scared of criticising the government at all. Much important stuff is totally ignored, there seems to be barely any investigative journalism and most of the radio output is bland and targets cosy middle-class types. Most of their TV is also bland pap indistinguishable from other channels.
I don’t want a Murdoch monopoly so would rather the BBC stayed, but I don’t approve of their aggressive licence fee tactics and choose not to watch for all the above reasons.
LongAndShortOfIt888 on
It’s becausr GB News can lie and fearmonger, the BBC has the burden of having to be impartial and be strictly factual most of the time , it is therefore not a competitor to partisan news.
The truth is not easy for people to accept, and there is always a conservative fantasy being sold.
Get rid of TV license and the draconian harassment of poor people. Then someone might actually care, but we all know how unlikely it is…
Old_Roof on
But Twitter told me they were on the verge of bankruptcy though?
GhostRiders on
Here is a wild idea, stop with the half arsed news reports and sensationalist click bait bullshit headlines and actually go back to being real journalists and having pride in your work.
PsychoVagabondX on
Well the BBC presents predominantly facts while GB News says what they want to hear, so that’s not exactly a surprise.
The real surprise is that Ofcom still allows GB News to operate at all given they don’t appear to care about broadcasting rules.
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i wonder why in the other hand bbc needs to stop their tv liscence program as its a joke in the 21 century threatnen to fine or prosuecute them for watching a little bit of shit tv without a liscence that should of been ditched years ago.
I stopped paying my tv licence and watching tv when they got rid of crime watch.
Who still pays for a TV license? They don’t actually enforce it. If you never reply to any of the letters they don’t do anything. I’ve ignored about 200 of them over the last couple of years as I don’t watch live tv.
I once made the mistake of telling them I don’t need a license and they hounded me to let them in my house, called constantly and still sent letters. Now I just don’t contact them at all.
GB News sure isn’t the reason, but I’m not watching the BBC.
It’s not just due to the tv license. People, in particular, younger generations aren’t consuming content like they used to. BBC has to modernise if it is to preserve it’s current role.
I hope they manage to stop that. No content at all in GB News. It’s just naked fearmongering and manipulation all the time. Like Andrew Tate if he was an organisation.
Social media has exposed BBC for it’s bias news reporting.
And TV licence scam.
I hate the anti bbc rhetoric. I’m convinced it’s just a bunch of rich people pulling strings to attack the one of the channel that isn’t funded by adverts and therefore conrtrollable.
They just did a doc with dr van tuliken which attacks the food industry. Do you think channel 4 could do this when they show loads of food ads in between sections – simple answer is no.
The news on the whole is balanced, sometimes erring on not digging too deep on the tories but I don’t think it has a labour bias at all, that’s just a load of right wing bollocks.
GB News. Wonderful people on screen. So likeable & factual. Never bias too! Not a sign of woke stuff like facts.
They wouldn’t have this issue if they didn’t axe bbc3 a few years ago. I was a teenager and used to watch it all the time.
Also they need to bring back shows like the revolution will be televised, two pints, and family guy. Especially the documentaries they used to do
They brought it back and the shows are awful. They lost the younger viewers for life
Antiques roadshow ain’t gonna keep their ratings, i don’t even watch eastenders anymore.
BBC has gone to shit and the saville et al. crew didn’t help at all
People aren’t watching the BBC in general
Why would you? The fantastic work done with series such as Attenborough documentaries etc that the BBC used to put real investment into are now discarded in favour of cheap commercial reality crap like Strictly. It’s one step away from Celebrities Baking Pets in the Garden.
Plus the failure to deal with nonces doesn’t help.
I very much doubt it’s actually losing viewers to GB news. It’s more younger people up to 30s don’t watch much TV so can’t consume their media.
I’ve never watched GB news. I don’t consume BBC on any level, apart from it being on in the background in our staff kitchen.
What is a decent argument for the licence fee? It seems a little unfair as I barely watch television. I would opt out if I could, same way I opt out of Disney+ and Amazon, etc.
GB News is all boring talk. The BBC has Strictly, Doctor Who, Match of the Day – the sort of programmes people actually watch.
Gbnews gives fikkos simple answers to their problems. Sometimes it tells them that they have problems they never noticed before. And then gives them a simplistic solution.
Don’t be a fikko.
BBC content can be decent.
However the News is lets just say somewhat slanted if not sometimes downright biased…. can’t be arsed now to even look.
Suspect many many people feel the same way.
For me, the BBC rarely reports actual social issues and seems scared of criticising the government at all. Much important stuff is totally ignored, there seems to be barely any investigative journalism and most of the radio output is bland and targets cosy middle-class types. Most of their TV is also bland pap indistinguishable from other channels.
I don’t want a Murdoch monopoly so would rather the BBC stayed, but I don’t approve of their aggressive licence fee tactics and choose not to watch for all the above reasons.
It’s becausr GB News can lie and fearmonger, the BBC has the burden of having to be impartial and be strictly factual most of the time , it is therefore not a competitor to partisan news.
The truth is not easy for people to accept, and there is always a conservative fantasy being sold.
Get rid of TV license and the draconian harassment of poor people. Then someone might actually care, but we all know how unlikely it is…
But Twitter told me they were on the verge of bankruptcy though?
Here is a wild idea, stop with the half arsed news reports and sensationalist click bait bullshit headlines and actually go back to being real journalists and having pride in your work.
Well the BBC presents predominantly facts while GB News says what they want to hear, so that’s not exactly a surprise.
The real surprise is that Ofcom still allows GB News to operate at all given they don’t appear to care about broadcasting rules.