The BBC, it seems, has lost interest in the new republics of Eastern Europe. It is cutting television in several languages and in several countries that were set up during the cold war. Currently the BBC caters for 43 languages - this will be cut to 33. All this in order to create a news channel in Arabic.
But the real travesty, what really makes me hang my head in shame, is that this channel will be publicly funded. This is the first international television station that license fee payers will be asked to fund.
[Technorati: BBC, Islam, Muslim]
Posted In: Political
October 26th, 2005 at 6:54 pm
W00t?!
I heard this the other day. How can they use our money to do this? It’s a bit much, seeing as they just announced they want to seriously hike the license fee…
October 26th, 2005 at 7:08 pm
I should correct this, it is not the license fee.
However, it is paid for by us - the Foreign Office provides the funding.
October 26th, 2005 at 8:25 pm
The foreign office paying for TV for foreigners? Bit bizzare. I wouldn’t mind so much if the BBC wasn’t so left leaning with their views. I mean it could be a beacon of true western values…
October 26th, 2005 at 10:35 pm
Perhaps they will want to purchase my domain name, as that is all they will broadcast. Propaganda.