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"journalists":
'Mastodon? Whats that? *lol*'also "journalists":
'I saw on Trump's Truth Social where I have an account ...' -
"journalists":
'Mastodon? Whats that? *lol*'also "journalists":
'I saw on Trump's Truth Social where I have an account ...' -
"journalists":
'Mastodon? Whats that? *lol*'also "journalists":
'I saw on Trump's Truth Social where I have an account ...' -
"journalists":
'Mastodon? Whats that? *lol*'also "journalists":
'I saw on Trump's Truth Social where I have an account ...' -
"journalists":
'Mastodon? Whats that? *lol*'also "journalists":
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If there was a domestic "Black" British Broadcasting Company (BBC) channel run by "Black British people"
(as there is similar services like the Asian Network and various services for countries & regions outside the UK)
then it "could" be filled with stories of attacks/abuse by people in positions in authority and of incidences of pathetic abusive behaviour carried out against "Black people" and made into huge dramas (and "disciplinary meetings") BY "management" where "Black people" become the ones being disciplined for not reacting correctly to the abuse and, of course, the abuse by the abusers has neverending excuses made for them.
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If there was a domestic "Black" British Broadcasting Company (BBC) channel run by "Black British people"
(as there is similar services like the Asian Network and various services for countries & regions outside the UK)
then it "could" be filled with stories of attacks/abuse by people in positions in authority and of incidences of pathetic abusive behaviour carried out against "Black people" and made into huge dramas (and "disciplinary meetings") BY "management" where "Black people" become the ones being disciplined for not reacting correctly to the abuse and, of course, the abuse by the abusers has neverending excuses made for them.
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If there was a domestic "Black" British Broadcasting Company (BBC) channel run by "Black British people"
(as there is similar services like the Asian Network and various services for countries & regions outside the UK)
then it "could" be filled with stories of attacks/abuse by people in positions in authority and of incidences of pathetic abusive behaviour carried out against "Black people" and made into huge dramas (and "disciplinary meetings") BY "management" where "Black people" become the ones being disciplined for not reacting correctly to the abuse and, of course, the abuse by the abusers has neverending excuses made for them.
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If there was a domestic "Black" British Broadcasting Company (BBC) channel run by "Black British people"
(as there is similar services like the Asian Network and various services for countries & regions outside the UK)
then it "could" be filled with stories of attacks/abuse by people in positions in authority and of incidences of pathetic abusive behaviour carried out against "Black people" and made into huge dramas (and "disciplinary meetings") BY "management" where "Black people" become the ones being disciplined for not reacting correctly to the abuse and, of course, the abuse by the abusers has neverending excuses made for them.
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If there was a domestic "Black" British Broadcasting Company (BBC) channel run by "Black British people"
(as there is similar services like the Asian Network and various services for countries & regions outside the UK)
then it "could" be filled with stories of attacks/abuse by people in positions in authority and of incidences of pathetic abusive behaviour carried out against "Black people" and made into huge dramas (and "disciplinary meetings") BY "management" where "Black people" become the ones being disciplined for not reacting correctly to the abuse and, of course, the abuse by the abusers has neverending excuses made for them.
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Aaaaand ... Matt Chorley turned off!
#BBCRadio5Live #BBCLicenceFee #JKRowling #TheMattChorleyShow
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(a bit of pro-FreeMason propaganda just before noon -- guilds, mystery plays, freemasons)
Arts & Mysteries
A History of Mystery by Cal Flyn
Episode 2 of 5Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.
Today the award-winning writer uncovers the links between the unknown and the medieval guilds that developed to protect artisanal secrets.
Written and read by Cal Flyn
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4Show less
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11:45
BBC Radio 4(... she wants to be a brother ...)
#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBookOfTheWeek #BBCRadio4BookOfTheWeek
#BBCR4BookOfTheWeek
#R4BookOfTheWeek
#Freemasons #Freemasonry #CalFlyn #BBCCalFlyn #FreemasonBrotherCalFlyn -
(a bit of pro-FreeMason propaganda just before noon -- guilds, mystery plays, freemasons)
Arts & Mysteries
A History of Mystery by Cal Flyn
Episode 2 of 5Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.
Today the award-winning writer uncovers the links between the unknown and the medieval guilds that developed to protect artisanal secrets.
Written and read by Cal Flyn
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4Show less
30 days left to listen14 minutes
Today
11:45
BBC Radio 4(... she wants to be a brother ...)
#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBookOfTheWeek #BBCRadio4BookOfTheWeek
#BBCR4BookOfTheWeek
#R4BookOfTheWeek
#Freemasons #Freemasonry #CalFlyn #BBCCalFlyn #FreemasonBrotherCalFlyn -
(a bit of pro-FreeMason propaganda just before noon -- guilds, mystery plays, freemasons)
Arts & Mysteries
A History of Mystery by Cal Flyn
Episode 2 of 5Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.
Today the award-winning writer uncovers the links between the unknown and the medieval guilds that developed to protect artisanal secrets.
Written and read by Cal Flyn
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4Show less
30 days left to listen14 minutes
Today
11:45
BBC Radio 4(... she wants to be a brother ...)
#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBookOfTheWeek #BBCRadio4BookOfTheWeek
#BBCR4BookOfTheWeek
#R4BookOfTheWeek
#Freemasons #Freemasonry #CalFlyn #BBCCalFlyn #FreemasonBrotherCalFlyn -
(a bit of pro-FreeMason propaganda just before noon -- guilds, mystery plays, freemasons)
Arts & Mysteries
A History of Mystery by Cal Flyn
Episode 2 of 5Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.
Today the award-winning writer uncovers the links between the unknown and the medieval guilds that developed to protect artisanal secrets.
Written and read by Cal Flyn
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4Show less
30 days left to listen14 minutes
Today
11:45
BBC Radio 4(... she wants to be a brother ...)
#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBookOfTheWeek #BBCRadio4BookOfTheWeek
#BBCR4BookOfTheWeek
#R4BookOfTheWeek
#Freemasons #Freemasonry #CalFlyn #BBCCalFlyn #FreemasonBrotherCalFlyn -
(a bit of pro-FreeMason propaganda just before noon -- guilds, mystery plays, freemasons)
Arts & Mysteries
A History of Mystery by Cal Flyn
Episode 2 of 5Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.
Today the award-winning writer uncovers the links between the unknown and the medieval guilds that developed to protect artisanal secrets.
Written and read by Cal Flyn
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4Show less
30 days left to listen14 minutes
Today
11:45
BBC Radio 4(... she wants to be a brother ...)
#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBookOfTheWeek #BBCRadio4BookOfTheWeek
#BBCR4BookOfTheWeek
#R4BookOfTheWeek
#Freemasons #Freemasonry #CalFlyn #BBCCalFlyn #FreemasonBrotherCalFlyn -
"... who used to work at Google ..."
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"... who used to work at Google ..."
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(Andrea Catherwood was really good when she did the Media Show but I've been disppointed with her turn at the head of Feedback ... UNTIL NOW!!!)
... Andrea talks to Dr Tom Chivers, academic at Goldsmiths, University of London, about what the BBC can do to reach its audience during a consultation ...
Feedback
2026-03-12 - 1530-1600
Illuminated, Charter Renewal, News Avoidance
FeedbackIlluminated is Radio 4's home for powerful, original audio storytelling - and recently we've heard from listeners who were moved by a documentary called Functioning, about the effect of alcohol addiction on two women's lives. Andrea Catherwood talks to the programme's producer Jodie Taylor, and Radio 4 documentary commissioner Hugh Levinson, and hears a remarkable insight into how the programme came to be.
Feedback's listeners are pretty clued up when it comes to giving their thoughts to the BBC, but we came across one last week who seemed to know more than most - as it turned out, he did a PhD on charter renewal. Andrea talks to Dr Tom Chivers, academic at Goldsmiths, University of London, about what the BBC can do to reach its audience during a consultation that could result in radical change.
And following our discussion of news avoidance on last week's programme, we hear from a listener who has discovered his own method for avoiding news that feels excessive, or irrelevant.
Presenter: Andrea Catherwood
Producer: Pauline Moore
Assistant Producer: Rebecca Guthrie
Executive Producer: David PrestA Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 4
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(Absolute Shite. I need to find out what source this #mi6 / #mi5 craphead / group-of-crapheads ripped-off for this episode of this series of appalling art thefts. Though, I think I already know ...)
Fire Ready
Fire Ready by Jane Rogers
Episode 5 of 5The stories in Jane Rogers' second collection shine an unflinching light on the future health of the planet, and the prospects for its greediest tenants - us. With stories spanning hundreds of years – from the far side of the 22nd century all the way back to the darkest days of lockdown – they pose questions about personal responsibility that cannot be easily answered.
Read by Phoebe-Loveday Raymond
Produced by Clive Brill
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4Show less
21 days left to listen14 minutes
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Shut up, Lionel-Schreiber-novel-adaptation.
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Also, GCHQ (and associated staff) sucks donkey ass with their superspy imprison-women-for-feeding-babies-instead-of-giving-the-money-to-james-bond shit.
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Another issue with the licence fee is the existence of privileged bastards with multiple properties.
As the licence fee is for individual properties
(... the licence fee is not connected to individual persons, it is not "personally portable", therefore if a subscriber views live television broadcasts at a property they own other than the one/s they have a licence fee for then they have to pay a licence fee for each individual property...)
it can also be that there are more "households" than potential subscribers (ignoring "families").
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If people who don't want to be in a room leave the room (taking their money with them) then the people who do want to stay in that particular room with the other people who also want to stay in that particular room with them will report if asked that they want to stay in that particular room with those other people.
The reviews will be near 100% positive.
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( ... because they don't want to pay for all the crap that they don't want ... )
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The corporation noted 94% of adults use its services each month - but the number of households paying the licence fee has dropped to 80% - with the downward trend set to continue.The corporation confirmed it will have to cut spending by another £500m over the next two years because of its falling income and rising costs.
---BBC suggests licence fee could be cut if more people pay
A camera operator in a TV studio, showing the BBC logo against a multi-coloured background
BySteven McIntosh, Entertainment reporter and David Sillito, media correspondent
Published
5 March 2026
1439 CommentsThe BBC has suggested the cost of the TV licence fee could be cut, in return for getting more people to pay the annual charge.
The corporation made the suggestion as part of its response to the government's publication of the green paper, which explores options for the BBC's future.
The number of households paying the licence fee has gone into significant decline in recent years and the BBC said its funding model is in need of reform.
The corporation noted 94% of adults use its services each month - but the number of households paying the licence fee has dropped to 80% - with the downward trend set to continue.
The corporation confirmed it will have to cut spending by another £500m over the next two years because of its falling income and rising costs.
The BBC said reducing the licence fee would be a bold move - but an option worth exploring in return for finding a way of getting more people to pay.
Rules over who has to pay the licence fee are felt to be confusing and outdated, as the requirement to pay is tied to consumption of live television.
But the BBC is leaving the government to decide quite how the licence fee should be reformed.
Director general Tim Davie said: "The choice here is clear: back the BBC or watch it decline. The status quo is not an option.
"Clear decisions are needed to ensure the BBC is funded sustainably and fairly so it can continue to deliver, both for audiences and for the country."
The corporation is also asking the government to take on the full £400m cost of the BBC World Service - a bill that used to be paid in full by government until 2014, when it transferred the responsibility to the BBC.
Other suggestions the BBC has made include opening up the iPlayer and BBC Sounds services to advertising-funded programmes from ITV, Channel Four and other broadcasters, as a way to help protect British content.
The BBC is also arguing that the fact its charter expires every 10 years means its existence is constantly under threat. It wants that system to be dropped so the organisation can be put on a more permanent footing.
Changes to BBC board selection
The BBC has also suggested changes to the process of appointing people to its board, following concerns about the risk of political interference.Five members of the broadcaster's 14-strong board, including the chairman, are currently appointed by the government, but ministers are considering whether to change that as part of a wider review of the BBC.
The BBC said all board appointments should follow "a new, clearly defined, transparent and broadly consistent process".
The appointments and influence of board members came to the fore after the BBC's director general and head of news resigned last November, with some suggesting there had been a "politically motivated coup".
That was dismissed as "ridiculous" by Sir Robbie Gibb, a former Downing Street communications director who was appointed by the Conservative government to the BBC board, and whose influence was the focus of the scrutiny late last year.
Questions about the BBC's independence were also previously raised when former Conservative donor Richard Sharp, who was once ex-PM Rishi Sunak's boss, was named BBC chair in 2021. Sharp resigned two years after a report found he broke rules over dealings with Boris Johnson ahead of his appointment.
The BBC told the government there is "a risk around the perception of independence".
The government is currently considering the future of the BBC and how to change to its royal charter - the set of terms that define how it operates.
Last year, the BBC said 91% of people who responded to a major questionnaire said it was important for the BBC to be independent from the government of the day.
"When it comes to independence, perceptions matter as much as reality, and the audience has spoken," a BBC source said.
"This charter must find ways to reassert the BBC's editorial, creative and operational independence, so the BBC can continue to be a universally-supported, trusted, unifying force.
"At the same time, we want to keep modernising the BBC and find new ways to open up our thinking, plans and decision making to our audience, so they are more involved and play a greater role in the BBC of the future."
In December, the government published its green paper about options for the BBC's future, which said ministers would "consider the right make-up of the board to support independence and accountability".
"This could include whether there should be a change to the government's role in appointing board members, while also maintaining the BBC's independence in appointing the director general and other existing board members," it said.
The government is also considering questions about the BBC's funding, accountability, decision-making and charter length.
It will also suggest scrapping a defined time period for each royal charter; using "citizen assemblies" to help make decisions; and change its complaints procedures.
Additional reporting by Steven McIntosh.
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