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If you think the big reason Conservatives hate the BBC is because they can't profit from it, you're hugely mistaken
Of course, there are some juicy assets to carve up & sell at a discount to their friends & family there, but that's not what drives Tory hatred
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Of course, there are some juicy assets to carve up & sell at a discount to their friends & family there, but that's not what drives Tory hatred
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#r4today @lbc
The reason they loathe the BBC is because it stands as a bulwark against the essence of their ideology
Whether news or drama, every show the BBC produces shares the same basic principles
Racism: bad
Poverty: bad
Hate: bad
Caring: good
Society: good
Facts: good
..and so on
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Whether news or drama, every show the BBC produces shares the same basic principles
Racism: bad
Poverty: bad
Hate: bad
Caring: good
Society: good
Facts: good
..and so on
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But worst of all it's popular.
It's seen as jewel in the national crown, not only by most at home, but globally, & thus very difficult to destroy
In recent decades, foreign billionaire press barons have combined their muscle with secretly funded right wing lobby groups..
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It's seen as jewel in the national crown, not only by most at home, but globally, & thus very difficult to destroy
In recent decades, foreign billionaire press barons have combined their muscle with secretly funded right wing lobby groups..
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..to undermine the BBC at every opportunity. In the so-called 'culture wars' (an invention of the right), the BBC clinging to its core virtues of fairness, & decency seems increasingly progressive, but that's largely because the right wing's been dragged so far to the extreme
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To allow the BBC to be defunded, decayed & ultimately destroyed by right wing ideologues is to finally submit to a society based on callousness & selfishness, and an end to what we have claimed for generations to be true British values.
We must fight for it.
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We must fight for it.
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#r4today @lbc
