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Subject: Re: TV Licence and "On-demand" services Posted on: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:22:57 +0000 (UTC)

PDR wrote:
> > In what way(s) does the BBC provide value for money to society as
> > a whole? In news providing, certainly - but what proportion of the
> > license fee goes on that? What else?
> >
> > It could be argued that some of the crappier output is actually
> > detrimental to society, rotting minds and morals perhaps, but as
> > I don't watch TV I'm in no position to comment on this.
>
> TV provides a distraction and occupation to keep the proles passive and
> safely embedded on their sofas. Without it they'd be out marauding the
> streets, getting up to mischief and damaging society. Its benefit is
> therefore incalculable.

Do you have a cite for that? ;-)

Francis