The Station - let Alone the News - Isn't Always What It Seems

Yn Commeeys Celtiagh - Celtic League Mannin draws attention to this article about the dodgy dealings of the BBC. The BBC, with its second rate and bias news coverage, actually forces people to pay for its upkeep. The Isle of Man, in particular, should not feel compelled to force its people to pay the BBC Licence fee. The work of the BBC is funded principally by an annual television licence fee costing £150.50  per year. At this time such a licence is required to legally receive broadcast television by all households across the Isle of Man. Non-payment of a licence fee results in a substantial fine and non payment of the fine can result in a jail sentence. The UK Wireless Telegraphy Acts 1904 to 1926 should never have been extended to Isle of Man and there appears no reason why it should ever have been. In which case the Manx government should inform the United Kingdom that agreements to collect broadcast licence fees on the Isle of Man are to be terminated. If the Manx ditched the requirement to pay BBC licence fees, the in excess of £4 million currently exported to the UK, could then go into the Manx economy. However, don't hold your breath, the current highly sycophantic Manx governmement is more inclined to bow and doff  its cap to its English neighbour. Maybe its time for a campaign of mass non payment and direct action by the Manx public towards those that seek to collect this unfair foreign tax. Below is the article drawn attention to by Yn Commeeys Celtiagh:

THE STATION - LET ALONE THE NEWS - ISN’T ALWAYS WHAT IT SEEMS.

Great article here about how the BBC vetted staff and thereby controlled the tone of its broadcast output. You have to admit that not much has changed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-43754737

It's a lengthy article but well worth reading it shows how a few malevolently disposed people can control the direction and output of a National broadcaster - something sounds familiar!

Bernard Moffatt
pp Celtic League

22/04/18

The vetting files: How the BBC kept out ‘subversives’

For decades the BBC denied job applicants were vetted by MI5 - but vetting continued at the corporation until the 1990s.

BBC.CO.UK