The BBC and their great failure

"You have failed to report - again - on the 150,000 people marching in London against Austerity policies, and the incredible damage they do to the unfortunate, and those in need. You are not a private corporation, and you are not unaccountable for your actions. Your purpose is not to serve those in the government, nor is it to serve those in the money, your purpose is to serve the People of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and you are failing. We are, after all, the ones who fund you.

I and many others consider this to be a terrible injustice, that our great BBC should have fallen so low as to not cover something so big, purely for its political context. I should not need to say that we are all disappointed. We were once so proud of you, and now we hang our heads in shame for it.

But it's not too late. You can still cover it. I implore you, friends, to think of your people, and not of those who would and are doing them harm. Speak out for us, lest there be nobody left to speak out for you when it's your turn."

- Baxster Brand, 17th April 2016.


This is the text content of a complaint I have recently filed to the BBC, regarding their failure to cover news regarding a protest currently ongoing in London, with more than 150K people to the crowd, against the policies of austerity instituted by the Government. I would urge all of you to do the same.

The BBC is a company formed under the Royal Charter, which was the original method for company registration, and as such is technically independent of the state. It is also not funded privately, no matter how much of their work is now outsourced.

If you own a TV, or a computer, or any fixture or device in your home capable of receiving a television signal, then regardless of whether you use it or not, you will be compulsorily charged either £49 a year, for a black and white television - which nobody really uses any more, so this is more of a redundant part of the contract  - or £145 a year, for your colour television.

This is not bad.  This is the BBC Licence fee, and it is how we fund public services, as this effectively amounts to a Public Information Tax.

Honestly? I think the prices are quite reasonable. The BBC is not an inexpensive beast, and it provides us with a great deal of entertainment, and information. It is also true that pretty much all of the 1156 TV transmitters located in the UK - of which there are varying types and heights - will be used by most, if not all, TV services, from Sky to BBC to Virgin to whatever. I don't know what channels exactly there are, I don't watch much TV.

And this licence fee pays for their upkeep, and the British government presumably taxes corporations for their use.

When they aren't letting the corporations avoid tax, that is.

Anyway.

The BBC Licence Fee is reasonable, and I willingly accept it, even though I don't really watch too much TV.

But this makes the BBC a public service. And public services have an obligation to... well, serve the public.

For the BBC to fail so terribly to cover such a large protest against the Austerity Policies of HM Government, and the party in power - the Conservatives, if you've been living under a rock - is an absolute travesty. This is your money being used against you. Not just taken, but actively used against you.

It is unjustifiable.

So I urge all of you to follow the link I shall now paste below, and flood the BBC with complaints, until there's nothing left for them to do but give in. Remind them that they serve the Public, at the discretion of the Public, on the funding of the Public - and that we are the Public.

Complain here, and complain loudly.


Thanks for reading, please do show this to your friends, and have a lovely day.

~ Baxster Brand