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Originally Posted by wa2ise
And it's the government that collects this fee, and then funds the broadcaster? Sounds like that broadcaster better not say nothin' bad about the government or else the government cuts off the funding.  We in the USA would never tolerate that situation. We have laws that specifically forbid the government from broadcasting domestically (Voice of America is for foreign listeners, but we still can hear it spilling inside the USA, but almost nobody in the USA ever listens to shortwave anyway). We take our first amendment seriously.  |
From what I've seen (and heard), the BBC is one of the most honest, straighforward and no-BS broadcasters on Earth.
05-31-2010, 08:59 AM
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