to much info

[John Pruden]

they do advertise the lottery is nothing to do with the bbc they only give the numbers out? they are a law unto themselves giving millions in pay offs to bosses that don't do the job as they should?jp

[happy daze john in oz]

I think radio/tv in most of the countries i have visited are almost impossible
to watch or listen to, constant interruptions for adverts etc. Here in Uk we have a very good service, a news program run by the BBC 24 hrs a day and no interuptions, decent in depth ,discussions on just about every subject. Our reports from various parts of the world are always of decent and honest content. I cannot say the same for our gutter press, but hey the BBC is well respected worldwide, KT

We have similar here in Oz ith the ABC putting a 24/7 news station on TV. Problem here is it is at times biased towrads the Labor party and at times has been guilty of putting news that showd the country in a very poor light. But with all the news broadcasts now and the availability of the Net there is no such thing now as news, instant reporting now. But the other night I was watching the adverts on one of the commercial stations and they kept interupting it with news of the Winter Olympics.

[happy daze john in oz]

Some of the BBCs presenters seem t have their own agendas that they work too , and they push minority views on the rest of us , Chris Packham being one of the worst , he has been reprimanded more than once for some of his statements , but they all seem to be politically biased , I used to believe that the BBC told the truth , now they tell the truth as the producer / director sees it

Very true Rob, and very often there will be two or three different versions of the same story on different channels. I often thinbk it is done for nothing more than shock value in the attempt to keep the viewers looking in to that station. As the old adage tells us, 'never let the truth get in the way of a good story'.

[happy daze john in oz]

however on my faorly recent visit to Oz and NZ i found the TV terrible to watch, but fortunately had my laptop and the internet with me KT[/QUOTE]


And we have very little choice here unless you have Foxtel or similar to pick up decent programs.