Comments on: Happy birthday to the BBC Website http://www.freshclickmedia.com/blog/2007/10/happy-birthday-to-the-bbc-website/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:28:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Shane http://www.freshclickmedia.com/blog/2007/10/happy-birthday-to-the-bbc-website/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Shane Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:32:56 +0000 http://www.freshclickmedia.com/blog/2007/10/happy-birthday-to-the-bbc-website/#comment-4 Ha - I actually believed those 'detector vans' existed. The BBC's funding is a contentious issue, but whilst some of its television programmes have been criticised of late, its website is a triumph, and something I think we should be proud of. Many people who don't pay for the telly tax are getting much of the content for free, but I guess the same could be said of the World Service. Ha – I actually believed those ‘detector vans’ existed.

The BBC’s funding is a contentious issue, but whilst some of its television programmes have been criticised of late, its website is a triumph, and something I think we should be proud of.

Many people who don’t pay for the telly tax are getting much of the content for free, but I guess the same could be said of the World Service.

]]> By: John Hart http://www.freshclickmedia.com/blog/2007/10/happy-birthday-to-the-bbc-website/comment-page-1/#comment-3 John Hart Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:36:06 +0000 http://www.freshclickmedia.com/blog/2007/10/happy-birthday-to-the-bbc-website/#comment-3 BBC Sport is a cracking source of information, Shane, and the BBC search engine is of course renowned. Paying for this via a tax on tellies, though, is very undesirable, since it is regressive (i.e. it hurts the poor more than the rich, seeing single parents hauled into court), encourages repressive intrusion (those gestapo-style 'detector vans') and is a thorough waste of everyone's time. Fund the Beeb centrally, says I! BBC Sport is a cracking source of information, Shane, and the BBC search engine is of course renowned. Paying for this via a tax on tellies, though, is very undesirable, since it is regressive (i.e. it hurts the poor more than the rich, seeing single parents hauled into court), encourages repressive intrusion (those gestapo-style ‘detector vans’) and is a thorough waste of everyone’s time. Fund the Beeb centrally, says I!

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