A spokesman for a prominent pro-life organisation in Ireland has slammed the country’s TV tax-funded state broadcaster for “bias”, which she described as being “petty and pathetic”.
Britain has announced that the nation’s BBC Licence will be abolished by 2028, raising doubts over what the future of the state broadcaster will look like.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has that a report which revealed the “damning failings at the heart of the BBC” related to the 1995 Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, may prompt a government review of the public broadcaster.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly backing the softer option of “reforming” the BBC, putting him at odds with his senior advisor, the conservative revolutionary Dominic Cummings, who is leading the charge for scrapping the mandatory TV tax in favour of a consumer-based subscription.
Boris Johnson’s administration may be serious about taking on the BBC, with sources revealing plans to scrap the compulsory television licence which funds it.
Culture secretary Nicky Morgan has warned that the BBC could go the way of Blockbuster — becoming a total irrelevancy and going bust — unless it evolves.
Half of Britons want to the television licence axed and for the BBC to earn its own money, according to a poll.
Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has warned that the mandatory TV tax is at risk of being undermined because young people are “tuning out” of the BBC.
The BBC will send “outreach” officers to over-75s to remind them that they will now have to pay to watch television, after it scrapped free licences for senior citizens.
