Ummm, a bit of very twisted history there, THC. NBC was never "broken" up as you say, the other two (CBS and ABC) were already in existance as radio networks - as was NBC - and they simply went into the TV network business as well.
I have a love hate relationship with the TV. If it is around then I am just too tempted to watch. Watch crap and shit. So I don't have tv around. Tv is worse than crack and they sell it in the shops. Whatever happened to the war on drugs?
Now, see, that shit's bull. Why the fuck do ya'll have to pay for a license to own a TV? I mean, that just sounds...wrong, like fucking with human rights. That shit's bull.
I agree, the bbc kicks ass but it's kind of like the education tax debate. should people with no children pay education tax? I think yes because a well educated country benefits everyone but not everyone agrees. The bbc may be a good thing overall but can you justify making people that don't use it pay for it? I'm not sure, I still think pbs has the most democratic model but they have nothing like the international reach enjoyed by the bbc so I'm not sure they can be fairly compared.
I haven't watched TV for about 3 years... The other day, I sat down to watch it for a minute before I was to head out... and remembered why I don't watch television anymore. Take care, - Shifty Russian www.WhoMakesYouSick.com
Oh there's lots of great stuff on TV. You people are just being intellectual elitists. Of course most of it is crap. Whenever technology facilitates the explosion of any art form, people are motivated to try their hand at it who have only modest talent, and they manage to connect with enough patrons to keep themselves in business. Look what the invention of printed books did to the art of storytelling, and what sound reproduction did to music. Yet there are still wonderful stories being written and there is plenty of wonderful music being recorded. The same is true of theater, or whatever you want to call TV. My elitist tendencies are as strong as anyone's but at any given time there are still about ten shows running that are well worth the attention of my exalted brainpower and the expenditure my valuable time. My life would be poorer and sadder if I'd never seen Maverick, Santa Barbara, Mystery!, Murder One, Highlander, Daria, Farscape, South Park... and, of course, Fraggle Rock.
Hapsburg wrote... Oh. Realy?? I hadn't realised. Of course that's ... WRONG But that's how it is. It's COMPULSORY. Ok. If you're over 70 you don't have to pay. But I'm not. And I already pay over $1,800 per month in income tax. Yes. The inland revenue taxes me at 40%. Does that make a difference? Like hell. So in clear simple English: You watch T. V. Any T. V. You pay BBC for the privilege. They say they're the best. Maybe that's 'cause they've got 15 million families forced to pay them if they want to watch, oh, I don't know, say Fox, or ABC, or the UK's Independant T. V. Companies. You still have to pay for BBC. Whether you watch it or not. Even if you physically cannot receive their broadcasts. Remember that next time you watch a BBC programme, or view their web site. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Avatar... please feel free to pay mine. Watch BBC 1 for a week. It'll change your mind They're Shite.
Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! As I said, I haven't turned on a tv since 1998, but I browse the BBC website daily and sometimes listen to BBC World Service on radio, as well as watch BBC educational programs that I get from www.mvgroup.org If you look more closely at my post you'll see that I refered to their news service, not particulary the tv channels.
