Why Is The BBC Getting Involved?

Why is The BBC spending huge amount of money to get involved in news coverage for other countries just before an election?
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[@NGaugeVideo]

I don't fund these clowns. I have been LEGALLY LICENSE FREE since 2016 and I haven't once missed them. I'm glad my young son is not exposed to the lies and misinformation spread by the BBC

[@martin4787]

Ditto

[@Kingcarparpeggio]

Just cancelled mine as well after over 40 years of paying. We’ve just got to hope that they go subscription because if they don’t they’re going to be funded through some sort of tax which will mean people like us will be paying for nothing.

[@petersullivan3012]

BBC and Tik Tok are perfect for each other. Both contain dumbed down content, both exist to nudge people in a certain direction, and most importantly, both are very dangerous organisations.

[@GMT439]

John works for BBC. It's obvious.

[@rjw4762]

A word about TikTok - a friend of mine is Hong Kong Chinese Heritage. She told me recently that TikTok in China is totally different to the one we see (not me!) in The West. In China its content is for EDUCATIONAL purposes. In the West it's for ENTERATINMENT -or as I think of it - wasting time looking at trivial crap ! Another example of China outwitting the West ?

[@betchaanbetjane7045]

Anyone who pays the licence is part of this catastrophe

[@emperorsnewclothes9405]

can't wait to see the unbiased bbc coverage of the usa election.

[@gerry6612]

I think the bbc should start tackling misinformation and disinformation in it's self first but then it is a woke corporation

[@northernbloke6787]

But they're the good guys who only lie when it's good for you 😉

[@fredbloggs8072]

The BBC are one of the biggest sources of misinformation and disinformation on the entire planet.I wouldn't trust them to tell me the time.

[@SJPDurham]

@@northernbloke6787😂😂😂

[@derekwhitfield8]

Not my money cancelled licence over three years ago never miss TV.

[@marksnow7569]

Sorry, but the BBC World Service gets over £90 million a year from the Foreign Office, funded from general taxation!

[@Kingcarparpeggio]

@@marksnow7569: Well as he wasn’t aware of that it’s not going to hurt him anyway. Can you come up with a way of avoiding paying income tax etc because I can’t. Better to hold politicians to account and attempt to get the money spent elsewhere , granted it might be difficult. Just looking forward to the gradual demise of the British Bullshitting Corporation. Just cancelled mine BTW and I don’t pay income tax now 😊

[@marksnow7569]

@@Kingcarparpeggio _"as he wasn’t aware of that it’s not going to hurt him anyway"_ That's one of the main ways the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Another, incidentally, is that the rich hire experts to reduce the percentage of their income liable to income tax.

[@Kingcarparpeggio]

@@marksnow7569 : Well if you hadn’t told him he would be none the wiser or upset….there’s lots in life we are unaware of or can’t control. What do the majority of people do about it ….. nothing. My liability to income tax is nil so after nearly 70 years I couldn’t care less. I can’t solve all the problems in the country .

[@marksnow7569]

@@Kingcarparpeggio That's what's so wonderful about VAT and Duties ...

[@anonnemo2504]

"Tackling disinformation and misinformation will be an integral element of the BBC News Urdu content". I wonder whether whoever released that press statement did it with a straight face and, the question has to be asked, why would the BBC make such an exception for the its Urdu content? The BBC can reach vast numbers of people who speak Urdu, and probably many of those only Urdu, in the UK, by the way. The BBC are far more concerned to get their message across to them, particularly in the run-up to an election, than they are to anyone living in Pakistan, or anywhere else where Urdu is spoken. Anyway, Tick Tock is run by the Communist Party of China and we should know how they treat people of the same religion as the majority of Urdu speakers over there. Ever heard of the Uyghurs? I reckon CJ, who usually does a brilliant job and to whom I am grateful for giving me the confidence to cancel my TV licence quite some time ago now, may have got hold of the wrong end of the stick here.

[@englishciderlover7347]

The BBC has no business broadcasting or writing in any language that isn't native to the UK of GB & NI.

[@anonnemo2504]

I see I have a reply but, unfortunately, the YT algorithm will not let me see it.

[@Joekd6.1]

The best way to avoid censorship, bans and to unlock free streaming content is to use a VPN

[@1738Creations]

It's very... 1930's Germany of them

[@englishciderlover7347]

At least the German regime back then never hated anyone for having white skin.

[@Sal19732]

I was aware of BBC urdu, as some Pakistani colleagues I work with mentioning it. The irony is that they said most people in Pakistan don’t trust BBC urdu as well! They view is as a mouthpiece of British govt 😂😂

[@timg1246]

Oh the irony.

[@Kingcarparpeggio]

I can well believe that. The British Government has got a reputation all round the world.

[@cplcabs]

In Kosovo the BBC has a radio station, no adverts. It plays a mixture of western and Kosovan/Albanian music. Now if you look on the BBC webpages, you will see that the BBC has 128 radio stations around the world. Just type in BBC FM Stations Around the World into google. These are supposedly for the BBC world service, but they are FM stations which means the BBC has paid money for the FM frequency and obviously has broadcast equipment in each of those 128 countries. As I said before, the radio station in Kosov plays a mixture of western and local music, it doesn't as far as I know do any world service programs (it is in Albanian, so it may) and I suspect that this is the same for all the 128 BBC radio stations around the world. Either way, it must cost a fortune for this and what for?

[@alexmarshall4331]

Urdu is the 1st language of half of the kids at my granddaughters school 👉🇬🇧👈

[@normandunford5747]

Don't speak urdu, not interested in urdu, don't want to know anyone speaking urdu, as I speak ENGLISH.

[@davidbowie2046]

So many of them over here mate. BBC tying to get more mugs to pay the license fees.

[@lookandlisten5740]

So the British state broadcasterer wants to monitor the Chinese state owned broadcasting platform about the Pakistan State government elections... 🤔 Good to know where the extra £10 is being spent on the licence fee !

[@samanthahardy9903]

Both the BBC and the Tories seem to be getting desperate as the UK is due an election this year. Maybe it's a way to "Spread the message" about the Rwanda plan. 😂

[@stevvieb]

300,000 indian-pakistani migrants last year entered the uk, now take a guess why

[@roywallbank8065]

Why are we paying to address other languages !

[@cplcabs]

Correction, why are you paying to address other languages. Just for your info, the BBC has 128 FM stations around the world. Just type BBC FM Stations Around the World to see what you are paying for.

[@batch6792]

So really it's all about shaping the content & narrative.

[@NOLIMITSURBEX]

The sooner everyone stops paying the bbc the better.

[@gordonhutchison9647]

Because there owned by the government, and we pay for the privilege of being lied to.

[@eileenspamer]

i havent pd for 6 yrs my telly still works

[@fayabogush2956]

Was it a joke about being trustworthy? Lies, lies and more lies from the BBC. Too much money is given to these people.

[@dscotia]

Did you all watch, Archie on ITV? It was a BritBox and ITV production... No wait, a what!? A BritBox (BBC and ITV Streaming Sevice) and ITV Studios (The Commercial TV Company) Yep, makes sense🤔 NOT!?😱

[@keithawhosoever5384]

The BBC of today is in my mind , the 'British Balloney Corporation' ❗😡 So I don't watch or listen , and Radio Three early morning 'news summeries' gets muted , as I lay comfortably in my bed , deciding when to arise 😊

[@willboa5365]

I cancelled my licence 4 years ago now - wish I did it longer ago - I get me news content in bullit points from youtube channels independants from US and UK like GB News ... rarely watch stuff on TV nowadays ...

[@topmandog1]

yeah gb news is as independent as the bbc lol ran by half ex tories

[@cedhome7945]

Can we have a channel in local dialects ? One for Cornwall one for jordies Mancunians Scouse Brummie Norfolk and my local Bristol . Can't wait to hear the presenters:yer me babbers how biss this morning ! 😄

[@christopherckarkson5605]

@cedhome7945, hello, nice one but dont forget cumberland and westmorland😁😁 that wud reet flumex em.

[@Tourist1967]

The BBC World Service has been around for almost 100 years. Bit late to the party, this clown. And the FCDO funds a large proportion of the service in any case.

[@SJPDurham]

I still can’t get over the fact that the BBC only has three channels in effect, and yet you have to pay the license. Apparently to watch live TV on ITV, Channel 4, etc. Why aren’t the other channels asking the BBC for the share of the license?

[@leew6091]

They need a platform to be able to communicate to future British residents. Only a matter of time before they no longer exist, in the current format.

[@eileenspamer]

i bet the elites rue the day we decent normal people got on the internet

[@djch3ssy]

Unbiased and trusted lmao

[@timgolby8556]

Agree with everything you say mate. All that attention to foreigners whilst destroying the uk local radio service.

[@petenikolic5244]

Well it is not called the Bollacks Broadcasting Conglomeration for no reason

[@christinedavis5813]

THREE YEARS FREE UP YOURS BBC and by the way I write below the line stuff your letters

[@surreyscouse2873]

Move to Bradford, you'll soon be a Pakistan expert.

[@awhisperinthewind4253]

it would be nice to have a statement without all the corporate bullshit

[@mre7550]

I'm not paying for that

[@MrBlueSkies]

Have a look into the "definitions" of mis, dis, and mal information. It is quite an eye-opener.

[@BlackGriffin195]

They spend OUR money as if it is free!

[@kevster1007]

Licence free for five years - feels good and right.

[@robertsimon5702]

That's why they will never ever get rid of the TV Tax.

[@qbarnes1893]

Errrr, how many Pakistani citizens are forced to pay for a British BBC tV license...none, not one... Total bs from bbc, yet again...

[@daverees986]

I cancelled my tv licence at the end of December, only I was bit slow as the direct debit for January had been pending payment. I put the BBC news channel on as I'm paid for the month of January, this was 7:30 am the same news was repeated through out the day, the only change was the presenters reading the same news. I often think now when the news presenter say's " This is BBC news in the UK and around the world"!! Do the people around the world have to pay a tv licence ? I don't think so. Anyway slightly apprehensive at the moment what I've done but I'm happy I have as this money will go to help with my cost of living and fuel bills.

[@leonardgibney2997]

The BBC already has their World Service for international news.

[@jayjay-xk1zn]

Never paid Gary or the news folk giving us the middle finger.

[@davenoble4807]

Do people that watch BBC tv in other counties have to pay towards the BBC licence ?

[@dc56789]

Of course not. The UK government only takes its own citizens for fools.

[@Sal19732]

No, bbc entertainment channels have ads though

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

I wanted to defend the organisation that re-educated me about my country, when I returned from years of military service abroad. I no longer want to do this, because I want to see the BBC privatised. A couple of years ago I stopped paying the television tax because, thanks to you, I now know that I don't need to, provided I do not watch programmes as they are broadcasted, on line or on air, and provided I do not watch using the BBC iPlayer. I wish that I could do more. I really have had it up to the back teeth of them, and I believe that other channels maintain their underhand stance because the BBC dominates the market; it is an unnatural influence, and it must stop.

[@blacksmitho2224]

Both my son just 50 and my granddaughter who is 20 do not watch the BBC and do not have a license each

[@ladanivadriver1578]

Stopped my tv licence fee weeks ago 👍

[@winterbas8927]

Not a hard question to answer. BBC is the primary overseas propaganda 😮arm of the British Government, and Urdu is the national language of Pakistan, a nuclear power with over 3 times the population of UK. It is a strategically important nation. So although I consider British and Western foreign policy largely hypocritical, I can certainly understand why the BBC would be investing in Urdu Tik Tok outreach. Whether that money would be better spent elsewhere is a different debate.

[@cplcabs]

OK. Reasonable. Now can you explain the other 128 BBC FM radio stations around the world? Bear in mind that the BBC is anti British as well.

[@Sal19732]

Irony is, speaking to some Pakistani colleagues, they said most people in Pakistan don’t trust bbc Urdu and view it as UK government mouthpiece!

[@anonnemo2504]

"Tackling disinformation and misinformation will be an integral element of the BBC News Urdu content". I wonder whether whoever released that press statement did it with a straight face and, the question has to be asked, why would the BBC make such an exception for the its Urdu content? The BBC can reach vast numbers of people who speak Urdu, and probably many of those only Urdu, in the UK, by the way. The BBC are far more concerned to get their message across to them, particularly in the run-up to an election, than they are to anyone living in Pakistan, or anywhere else where Urdu is spoken. Anyway, Tick Tock is run by the Communist Party of China and we should know how they treat people of the same religion as the majority of Urdu speakers over there. Ever heard of the Uyghurs? I reckon CJ, who usually does a brilliant job and to whom I am grateful for giving me the confidence to cancel my TV licence quite some time ago now, may have got hold of the wrong end of the stick here.

[@Jamiep84]

The Pidgin Bible is amusing. "Jesus tell da worka guys, “Fill up da jugs wit watta.” So dey fill um up to da top. Den he tell um, “Now, go take some out, an take um to da guy in charge a da luau.” So dey take um to da guy. Da guy taste da watta an tell, “Eh, da watta wen come wine!” "

[@opus1952]

Probably telling ll these foreigners what a love country Great Britain is to come and live here. The BBC will help no doubt.

[@TheBrummie60]

Desperately trying to locate Pakistan broadcasting company's news coverage of our upcoming election... Nope, not there. 😢

[@harrygreasley4507]

If the BBC broadcasts to all these other places - do they also have to pay for a licence???

[@cplcabs]

The BBC has FM radio stations in about 128 countries. To do this is must have a licensed frequency in each country which will cost them a fair amount and the broadcasting equipment in each country. I can tell you for one that they have a radio station in Kosovo and it plays a mixture of western and local music and has DJs....with no adverts. So not only do they need to pay for the frequency licence, broadcast equipment but also the DJs. On top of that, they will need to be a company in each of these countries.

[@harrygreasley4507]

@@cplcabs my question was DO THE PEOPLE have to buy a license as we do in Brittain or are we being took fo mugs for British propaganda???

[@cplcabs]

@@harrygreasley4507 think about it. Why would people in other countries have to pay for a licence to listen to the BBC broadcasts in their country that are broadcast on FM radio? Obviously they don't.

[@simonrodgers8902]

There was a time where many broadcasters made content for international markets however many of them stopped due to costs. The BBC has yet to do so. Probably because they still get loads of money regardless. This needs to be addressed.

[@matthewpayne2035]

Foreign election interference is the name of the game here.

[@neilhorsefield7220]

The BBC has been transmitting in foreign languages for about 80 years. It is an important element of the UK's soft power abroad and is the one part of of the BBC that the government will not allow them to substantially alter. BBC news services currently have an audience of around one billion people.

[@secondchance6603]

Not according to the BBC: BBC News is now reaching its largest ever audience outside the UK, according to new figures. A total of 438 million people from around the world came to BBC News on average every week in the year to March. This is an increase of 49 million - or 13% - compared to the previous year.

[@markweatherill]

I look forward to the BBC urdu video titled 'Stop marrying your cousins'. That'd be a big public service.

[@dscotia]

It does draw the question if it's the BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation, Why?

[@colinankcorn6881]

Perhaps the BBC should try charge the world for a license fee and await the reactions. Guess they would be similar to the ever increasing numbers of non subscribers.

[@GMT439]

Go ask Them John, You obviously work for them.

[@grahamhall8249]

If they're going to deliver the same journalism, they'll turn even more people away!

[@jameswelsh5672]

This is probably a very silly question but if you are watching Dr Who in any other country on BBC world service do people have to pay for a licence?

[@Sal19732]

In the US they have a BBC entertainment channel, but that has advertising, so no, viewers outside UK don’t have to pay license fee

[@williambarnes3868]

Because there are many, many immigrants who, despite years in Britain , do not speak English. Therefore the BBC is spending large amounts of the TV Tax on foreign language programs.

[@britrhodesia09]

It’s licence fee payers money they have never had to earn it commercially so the bbc doesn’t give a duck.

[@MrBond249]

BBC World Service and foreign language services are only partially funded by the licence fee on account that they may use BBC content. Otherwise, it is mostly funded by advertising and by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which uses it to push its message where it wants it to be. If BBC Persian winds up the Iranian government, then that is not really a bad thing.

[@showlett33]

Foreign and commonwealth office is also funded by tax payers so i fail to see the difference and as for your wanting to provoke Iran, isnt there enough animosity in the world already without the bbc getting involved just so people like you can have a laugh and sneer?

[@brianfitzell1664]

What part is funded? How much? Why should an older person on a basic state pension be expected in any way to fund a UK perspective on voting in Pakistan? But then if the Urdu speaker is a UK resident this appears to condone a form of apartheid. If I moved to France I should not expect the BBC to excuse me for not learning French. Please don’t give me the baloney about multiculturalism, that’s an excuse for demeaning local cultures. These are supposedly protected under an UN charter. Believing that now appears to show naïveté.

[@zebmason6530]

But the BBC pushed the nice cuddly Ayatollah Khomeini in the run up to the Iranian revolution. There's been documentaries made about their involvement.

[@Veeger]

The government need to be detached from the bbc. PERMANENTLY!

[@markturner7227]

If other countries can get bbc for free at our expense then why is it not free for us. If they focused on the uk they could half the license fee

[@doOf3r]

Imagine if most web browsers had a 'Translate this Page' function that would make the BBC's efforts seem frivolous and a complete waste of resources.... OH! Wait...

[@Sal19732]

😂

[@martinshaw1610]

They should concentrate on home nowhere else

[@Aubury]

The government believes that the transfer of funding to the licence fee will increase the BBC’s ability to increase scope for sensible efficiencies and economies, and avoid duplication across the whole of the BBC family. It will also help create a more sustainable future for the World Service. This will also benefit licence fee payers, who will continue to have access to the World Service. Why this is funded by licence payers, whilst putting out a view that is a uk government one, is it to give it more credibility ?

[@ecos889]

They are doing tik tok to claim that watching content on the internet requires a internet license fee.

[@briancox1124]

it is a fact that the tv licence fee is no longer needed.most content you can watch live or on catch up is done by other companys. the bbc can start taking adverts and make as much if not alot more money than from the present licence fee.bbc needs to enter the 21st centry.

[@robinjones6999]

you would think the World Service was enough

[@theskidmarkoforion4829]

Had a new goon letter today. I was going to send it to you but unfortunately it fell on the fire…however this new one is belter …” we may get a search warrant “ being the first in the list of threats….followed by the usual “ the boys are coming round “ stuff and we are now in “the final stage of the investigation “…I should have saved it because although I wasn’t bothered I feel this latest one will scare a lot of people. I’m sure you will come across one soon.

[@Cha4k]

I hope people in Pakistan are paying their BBC licence fees.

[@b3564]

The travel programme gets on my nerves, people can't pay their licence fee, these bastard's are grinning at the camera blowing your fee! What about India -they have two channels Hindi and Punjabi!

[@mrtecsom6951]

Taking the piss out of the British taxpayer, just like the international health service where you can fly in from the middle of Africa to have your baby where in America 🇺🇸 you would have it in a field as far as they are concerned

[@georgekennelly3940]

British Establishment Broadcasting Cabal sticking their nebs in globally.

[@martinshaw1610]

Interfereing for the Americans

[@dominochappin]

Funding from elsewhere, apart from license payers?

[@ricdontap1]

I know a lot of Nigerians and they speak better English than most English speakers I know

[@adrianclarke4151]

Nothing of that on business around the world nothing never making a business to do destruction

[@georgefinlayson8448]

Been years since the bbc made me laugh & that's without me giving to watch or listen to it .

[@JohnWalker-rt6ue]

Does Pakistan broadcast news bulletins for English speakers around the world?

[@paulrackham8881]

The worst thing about the BBC pandering to the Pakistanis that speak Urdu, but when you listen to newsreaders, TV Hosts and other BBC staff they butcher Welsh names, Cities and Towns. The reason I don't have a licence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jenniriley482]

Maybe the Pakistani community in the UK are glad of this service as they may well still have family over there. As you said it is not funded by the TV licence. Money and is made by a commercial company. Which happens to be the bbc. Sometimes we can find too much to moan about. 😅 xx

[@elemar5]

I don't understand your comment. Pakistanis in the UK have the BBC why is it needed in Pakistan? Keep paying your BBC tax though.

[@peternewlove4123]

Pakistan has more companies than uk, who cover dialects over all Pakistan dialects as in India , ghana, chad etc etc, same as all other countries.

[@AndyKazama2]

Ahhhh yes, BBC "misinformation" team, so trustworthy.

[@caraynemalham8640]

Good luck with that TikTok is as corrupt as it comes the perfect partnership ...😂

[@QuorkEx]

The having several stories recently about BBC news having to tighten their belts. I think you may have found a few areas where they can save some money, although of course, they won't. What will happen is that the main BBC news TV service, funded by the licence payer, will be cut and these and chiliary frippers will still get their funding.

[@mctonyward]

mate i spent years having people tell me its "on youtube" why would you use the same sort of slander on some other social net work who cares where they get the information or what form it comes in argue the facts not where it comes from

[@SimonJM]

What's that biblical saying regarding worrying about the mote in someone else's eye?

[@maniahmed4219]

My origins are from Pakistan lol this made me laugh so much. I will never pay these bastards my hard earned money.

[@skylar7740]

1) The BBC (and it's staff) should be neutral in politics. 2) It should be for British people and the only languages it should use is English, Welsh and Gaelic. 3) Not a single thing should be made for foreigners. 4) The licence fee should be much cheaper. 5) The BBC should only employ British people only. 6) Staff wages should be cut and capped. 7) TV shows should be better and contain no woke issues or identity politics. 8) The BBC should stop showing so many repeats. 9) The BBC should not have any staff positions for diversity and it should stop being ageist and anti white/UK. 10) The BBC should stop giving out fake news.

[@CHRIS-xm1do]

Can’t believe they’re getting into bed with Tik Tok ie the Chinese. After the pain the Chinese inflicted on the world with the pandemic it just amazes me we even interact with them. Roll on subscription time, then the mugs who pay might think again.

[@buy.to.let.britain]

state services.

[@danemb3300]

A kind of Agent Provocateurs!

[@casper1240]

Could'nt mek it up really

[@michaeld5888]

Well the BBC is a government organisation and our governments are by tradition and in their inherent structure always far more concerned with what is happening overseas than with anything going on at home. The Empire may have gone but the institutions are still are mainly geared to running it but now in a virtual virtue seeking sense. Awards of status in our society are still a nominal rank in this Empire which is rather telling.

[@retropcscotland4645]

So they can charge you for using TikTok since it's "BBC".