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] Date Posted: 02:16:04 11/20/04 Sat In reply to: Ed Harris (Venezia) 's message, "Auntie is not what she was." on 00:56:15 11/20/04 Sat It is interesting that you refer to the BBC as "Auntie" - the same name is given to the ABC here is Australia. The BBC is an institution that you should all be proud of, particulary the BBC World Service. It is far better than our ABC. I regulary listen to the BBC World Service on the radio here and get much of my news from the BBC Website. I also enjoy listening to a few other BBC radio programmes every now and again via the internet. The quality of the ABC is far better than the commercial networks in Australia, however it is well behind the BBC. I wish the Australian government would increase its funding at a faster rate. We should be looking to the BBC as a model. It does seem slightly strange to charge a licence fee for the BBC though, you would think it would be much more efficient to pay for the BBC directly out of people's taxes, as is done in Australia. I realise there are some issues with bias (similar to the ABC here) but it would be sad to see the BBC scaled down or privitised. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |