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Monday, April 26, 2004

Dear BBC, I have had enough of it. Every time I switch on my radio around news time, I think I have tuned into a satirical program. I hear the same voices that I have listened to over the years, but what are they telling me? Surely the BBC find their information in the same world I and others do? There are many of us who are angry! with what is happening around the world and do not need to be made angrier, by what is being transmitted as news. News, that comes from a station, what was once known for having some assemblage, of un-bias opinion; namely the BBC.
Why, these days if I want informed, balanced, opinion, do I have to listen to Democracy Now, an American independent news program? Because.When I switch on the news, like many others, I am expecting to be informed by an assessment of the all facts, not just the ones that my government thinks is important, or that they feel I should know. I want my views represented and discussed; not just those of politician's. I want to hear the views of people, speaking for people, and not just the views of government apologists, or business experts. The BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation, (introduced, when corporations meant something for the benefit of people). BBC is not there to serve "British Business Corporations"; and as such, should operate for the good, or benefit of the people who pay for its upkeep (the general public), rather than as a conduit of business and government propaganda.
Do journalists feel no shame, in the farce transmitted as news; the scripted lies; the sanitised language of deception; and that's for the so called, real news. The viewer or listener is also treated to, every half hour, a doze of misery which mainly consists of peoples personal tragedy, personality profiles, business deals and sports fixtures. "That is the end of the news" What I and a lot of others need from the news is balanced facts, un-bias information, representation and things that are meaningful and that mater to us. The reason that we do not get it is; like so many journalists, we will complain and moan at each other, of why it is not possible. We will put up with it and meander on, instead of complaining to the highest order. we will let other people complain, and if they do, we won't bother. Then we will complain to the people who complained, because their complaints didn't do any good. Then we will switch on the news and wonder why the world is such a messed up place.

Or maybe, we will pick up some paper and write a letter to the BBC and describe our anger and revulsion, and all the things that we describe and complain about so well to our friends and acquaintance's. We will get them out of our system and aimed squarely at the people who have the power to do something about them. If, they are convinced that there is enough of us to constitute a threat to the status quo. Maybe some journalists within the BBC will be motivated, by this kind of interest and in turn, motivate others. Maybe when we receive replies to our letters of complaint, it will give us the confidence to write others. Maybe if we then phoned the BBC and demanded to ...



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