fern01 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 I have just been reading an article about the BBC news service Apparently it employs nearly 6,000 people Is this true and if so how can they possibly need so many staff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 You have only to watch the news how many people does it need to walk down the stairs in the background to make this programme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 16 minutes ago, fern01 said: I have just been reading an article about the BBC news service Apparently it employs nearly 6,000 people Is this true and if so how can they possibly need so many staff? Time for a cull, put them on the General Licence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 6 hours ago, fern01 said: I have just been reading an article about the BBC news service Apparently it employs nearly 6,000 people Is this true and if so how can they possibly need so many staff? they need that many to keep coming up with the lies they spout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 30 minutes ago, sam triple said: they need that many to keep coming up with the lies they spout Not many of them are used to check facts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Ruler Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Each news programme sends their own team to cover an event. Unsustainable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Why do we need two presenters on these morning programs anyway? Diversity I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 47 minutes ago, Walker570 said: Why do we need two presenters on these morning programs anyway? Diversity I suppose. The same reason they need 4 on loose women I suppose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 hello, i have to say when i am home i do watch Victoria Derby but only watch local news slot on BBC1 then turn over to Sky, the BBC want to save money, STOP PAYING THE 400 or so super stars obscene payments under contract, if you remember to BBC rich list payments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestonSalop Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 When a news item is about the royals, why does some poor person have to stand outside Buck House to report live? Same for Downing St or wherever. What possible value does that add to the item? I don't know how many people it takes to comprise a crew but the cost must be significant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Watching BBC Breakfast News. One newsreader, one travel expert and one personal finance advisor from Hargrieves Lansdown all sat on a red sofa overlooking Dover harbour and discussing Brexit day. Was such a stage show really necessary and at what cost? It's about time the TV license was binned and the BBC required to be self financing. There would be less staff and staged news presentations as a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 9 hours ago, The Heron said: You have only to watch the news how many people does it need to walk down the stairs in the background to make this programme 🤣😂🤣 It`s a loop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Just now, WestonSalop said: When a news item is about the royals, why does some poor person have to stand outside Buck House to report live? Same for Downing St or wherever. What possible value does that add to the item? I don't know how many people it takes to comprise a crew but the cost must be significant. hello, you can do a report with 2 people, 1 presenter one filming, even use a I phone, in fact is there anything you cannot do on a I phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyefor Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 ..good evening. I'm Huw. Huw Edwards. This is the News Over to Katya, Katya Adler in Brussels. Hi Katya. Hello Huw. Blah Blah opinion. More opinion. Even more opinion. Blah Blah Blah. Back to Huw in London. Thank you Katya. That was Katya. Katya Adler. BBC correspondent in Brissels. Double U Tee eff is that all about. SIX name checks every time there is a new "news" item. Is it so they can self promote themselves to open village fetes or attend Bar Mitzvah's? I couldn't give a flying you-know-what who it is - and why is it necessary to stand outside Buck House, The Houses of Parliament, The White House etc just to deliver a "news" item? I can't watch it any more for fear of busting the tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoolinDalton Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 To everyone here that moans about it...just remember...you're paying for it from your £150 a year tv licence fee! If you want to stop the insanity that is the BBC, the massive, eye watering pay for staff and so called stars, then cancel your tv licence and don't watch 'live' tv! I haven't had one since 2012...we watch mainly youtube and of course there's PW...what else do you need! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 12 hours ago, DoolinDalton said: I haven't had one since 2012...we watch mainly youtube and of course there's PW...what else do you need! A second opinion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoolinDalton Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, henry d said: A second opinion? Then please give me your opinion on the BBC, Henry. Do you believe that it is politically unbiased? Do you think that its so called 'stars / talent' should be paid millions yet the BBC do not want to give the over 75's a free tv licence, ie. not paid by HM Government? Do you agree with the method of collecting / enforcing the licence fee ? (via Tv licencing, aka Capita Business Services). Do you think that the BBC is basically, past its best / out of date? Let's just hope that BoJo really does cancel the licence fee for the BBC......then we'll see if they can survive on subscription......which, in reality means, will all those Eastenders and Strictly fans actually pay for more of the same garbage? Interesting times ahead. Btw...happy Brexit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbyduck Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 25 minutes ago, DoolinDalton said: Then please give me your opinion on the BBC, Henry. Do you believe that it is politically unbiased? Do you think that its so called 'stars / talent' should be paid millions yet the BBC do not want to give the over 75's a free tv licence, ie. not paid by HM Government? Do you agree with the method of collecting / enforcing the licence fee ? (via Tv licencing, aka Capita Business Services). Do you think that the BBC is basically, past its best / out of date? Let's just hope that BoJo really does cancel the licence fee for the BBC......then we'll see if they can survive on subscription......which, in reality means, will all those Eastenders and Strictly fans actually pay for more of the same garbage? Interesting times ahead. Btw...happy Brexit! well said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 8 hours ago, DoolinDalton said: Then please give me your opinion on the BBC, Henry. Do you believe that it is politically unbiased? Do you think that its so called 'stars / talent' should be paid millions yet the BBC do not want to give the over 75's a free tv licence, ie. not paid by HM Government? Do you agree with the method of collecting / enforcing the licence fee ? (via Tv licencing, aka Capita Business Services). Do you think that the BBC is basically, past its best / out of date? Let's just hope that BoJo really does cancel the licence fee for the BBC......then we'll see if they can survive on subscription......which, in reality means, will all those Eastenders and Strictly fans actually pay for more of the same garbage? Interesting times ahead. Btw...happy Brexit! Excellent, you ask for my opinion and try to railroad me by defining the questions, your not related to rewulf are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshirelad Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 I think Andrew Marr stirred up a hornet's nest over his interview with Bojo a few weeks ago, when he asked a question and as soon as Boris started to give an answer, AM was asking another question and generally talking down to the Prime Minister. You could almost hear Boris thinking "I'll get you for that". The BBC do a lot of things very well, but I think they'll have to come up with an alternative form of funding fairly soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 11 hours ago, henry d said: A second opinion? That may be Al Jazeera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peck Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 On 31/01/2020 at 08:52, WestonSalop said: When a news item is about the royals, why does some poor person have to stand outside Buck House to report live? Same for Downing St or wherever. What possible value does that add to the item? I don't know how many people it takes to comprise a crew but the cost must be significant. I agree 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westward Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 Like most public sector organisations the BBC has traditionally operated on the principal that managing costs is low priority. The big names may get ridiculously expensive contracts but vast numbers of regular employees are over rewarded too. My B-I-L worked at the BBC for about 40 years and hearing about the scams and fiddles that everyone gets up to makes me seethe. Not at him as I'd have done it too, but at the utter lack of fiscal management of our money. After he retired they didn't replace him, instead they called him in on an ad hoc basis on eye watering fees over the next 8 years or so. This is the last year I'll be paying for a TV licence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 Why not report the scams and fiddles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 14 hours ago, henry d said: A second opinion? Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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