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Criticism of the BBC

a reason why you choose sky news as opposed to bbc news maybe yes okay i dislike the bbc right and all they stand for and the license fees that they are getting off other channe...

Course: Big questions in societySection: How Britons consume and trust newsSubtitles: en

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ease is there

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a reason why you choose sky news as

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opposed to bbc news maybe yes

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okay i dislike the bbc

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right and all they stand for and the

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license fees that they are getting

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off other channels backs

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if you understand what i mean yeah yeah

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i think i do

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go into it just in case i mean i mean i

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can't

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i can't watch i'm not allowed

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by the license

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laws

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to

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to watch any live tv

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at all

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if i don't have a license fee

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so

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the license fee goes solely to the bbc

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and that is totally unfair

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and it's called

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free view

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but it's not free you have to pay a

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license for it right the license

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is a very small amount yeah

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it doesn't bother me but it's the

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principle of it and i object to it

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in terms of

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trust because it seems to be a big thing

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with especially with big meat like news

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medias

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