The BBC report http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43229284 on Switzerland's upcoming vote on axing the TV licence includes this:
'Florian Maier, a key figure in the campaign against the fee, believes that getting rid of it will allow people freedom of choice.
"I think people should choose on their own how they spend their money," he said
"It's giving people freedom. Freedom is when you aren't forced by anyone so there is no coercion of any kind. You know what you pay for."
Other opponents of the licence fee argue that the SBC - whose structure was originally modelled on that of the BBC - has become bloated and inefficient.
The three main television channels (German, French, and Italian) each have their own newsrooms, each send foreign correspondents to the world's major capitals.
There are also websites, and local radio stations in many Swiss towns and cities. Far more than a public broadcaster should have, the abolitionists argue, and so extensive that private media is being stifled.'
Let's see how those arguments apply to the BBC:
Coercion to pay for something you may not want - yes.
Bloated and inefficient - yes, with multiple reporters from Radio 4, Radio 5, BBC news, BBC 24 etc etc etc at big and not so big events, both news and sport
Finally, the BBC TV, radio and website have a massive presence in the dissemination of 'news' and views in the UK. Their local radio stations have squeezed out local newspapers and the national papers, apart from The Mail, can't compete with the BBC website. This would matter even if the BBC wasn't biased in its reporting of so much news.
That the BBC is massively biased, whether it be on:
UK politics - pro Labour and the left, even when the Labour Party leadership is as inimical to the interests of the UK as the current cabal of Corbyn, McDonnell, Abbott and their backroom backers who may be even more dangerous
Northern Ireland - pro IRA/nationalists and anti Loyalists
EU - massively anti Brexit
USA - viciously anti President Donald Trump now but anti Republicans and pro Democrats for years
Middle East - institutionally anti Israel (just read the Balen Report) and thus pro some of the nastiest regimes and terrorist groups in the world
Indian subcontinent - Anti India and pro Pakistan, because of the Muslim angle
South Africa - All but blind support for the ANC almost regardless of the killing of white farmers
China - Reticence in criticising the current imperialism / expanding of China across Africa and the Far East, whilst criticising historical Western imperialism
Imperialism - Following on from the above, the BBC view historical Western imperialism is bad but historical Islamic imperialism as something that never happened. Current real Chinese imperialism as not worthy of mention but non existent American imperialism as something worth worrying about
Islam - Reluctance to criticise Islam or elements within that religion, regardless of how many kufr girls are raped, how many Islamist terrorists and would be terrorists are discovered in the UK, Europe, America, Australia etc etc etc and how many people are killed or maimed by people declaring 'Allahu Akbar'
The list goes on and on but I haven't the time to list them all.
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