Filth

[fpb]

If the BBC were an organization with any respect for decency, Jonathan Ross would have been sacked on the spot, and Russell Brand blacklisted for life. Once upon a time, a man caught doing anything half as dishonourable would have been quietly approached by colleagues and left alone in a room with a tot of brandy and a loaded pistol.

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[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

If there's enough public complaints it might override that? That's what happened to the guys I mentioned above.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

You talk as if the BBC were sensitive to public complaints. They aren't. They are not paid for by the pubic, but by a tax - a "canon" - on every TV set in the country, and if you don't pay you go to jail. Even kennahijja, a German leftie with no love for private media businesses, is outraged at the idea.

[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

That's....words fail me. If I lived there I probably wouldn't have a TV set, rather than pay the tax. I already get people saying "OMGyoudon'thavecable!!!1" to me on a regular basis, but I refuse to pay for extra channels when most of my favorite shows are on network (=free) channels.