tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post9016403673074875903..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Murdoch Monkey Monty’s BBC MalarkeyTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-45947720732868399702015-07-06T13:43:50.326+01:002015-07-06T13:43:50.326+01:00Hmm yes, the old 'BBC is killing off local jou...Hmm yes, the old 'BBC is killing off local journalism' story. And indeed, the BBC does run comprehensive online local news coverage. However, do you think for a moment that if it were to pull out, AP or whoever would step up to the plate and provide equally good service? No, of course not! It'd be like asking commercial broadcasters to take over 6 Music, or Radio 3. <br /><br />The BBC saw an opportunity and exploited it, and provided an absolute common good. Any commercial alternative would be absolute rubbish and likely top heavy with adverts/behind a paywall. Once again the collective whinge of the commercial media - "That's not fair!". Andy McDonaldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-29773091930581668482015-07-06T12:58:21.200+01:002015-07-06T12:58:21.200+01:00I think this from the bbc's web site says it a...I think this from the bbc's web site says it all<br /><br />"Commenting on the likelihood of national newspapers moving purely online in the next decade, he (The chancellor) said: "You wouldn't want the BBC to crowd out national newspapers.""<br /><br />no we would not want newspapers threatened by the BBC<br /><br />mm1145https://www.blogger.com/profile/12645903403674210049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-3579923805894059282015-07-06T08:02:16.751+01:002015-07-06T08:02:16.751+01:00I think it's always worth remembering that wha...I think it's always worth remembering that what Murdoch managed with Sky was a con trick - getting people to pay for what they'd have got anyway. What you paid for was exclusivity - getting it before your neighbours did. <br /><br />Imagine a world without Sky. We'd still have had the digital explosion and 999 channels of whatever. We'd have top tier sports on terrestrial TV. It'd be the BBC or C4 buying up rights to HBO's finest, and we'd be enjoying Game of Thrones after Newsnight. <br /><br />If you subscribed to Sky in the early days, all you paid for was the exclusivity. The right to elbow other people out of the way, to watch that movie or football match a bit before everyone else. Andy McDonaldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-29310971806537310962015-07-05T21:22:37.170+01:002015-07-05T21:22:37.170+01:00The OzYank had a near miss last time he tried this...The OzYank had a near miss last time he tried this kind of thing on.<br /><br />That rictus-grinning dope Jeremy Hunt was poised to hand everything over to him. Then the hacking scandal broke. Exit the Dirty Digger with egg on his ugly kipper.<br /><br />Then exit Hunt to run the NHS, where, of course, he's doing a bang-up job of readying health for privatised ambulances to search prone street casualties for credit cards.<br /><br />Seems like we've been here before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-58664792154494615562015-07-05T20:34:03.803+01:002015-07-05T20:34:03.803+01:00This cat named Monty came from London Town
He'...This cat named Monty came from London Town<br />He'd been spreading his Tory views all around<br />Decided the Beeb was not a good show<br />It was terribly leftie it had to go, go, go.<br /><br />His boss named Rupert had kicked up such a fuss<br />But thought Montie was just a bit of a wuss<br />So Monty thought, let's do a bit of duck and a bit of dive<br />And stuck it to the Beeb in his effort to survive <br /><br />C'mon and do the Murdoch's Monty<br />Kiddies, let's take the mickey Monty<br />Let's do the Murdoch's Monty<br />Kiddies, let's take the mickey Montyrobnoreply@blogger.com