That neatly sidesteps or overlooks the fact that if I wish to watch my television, I am obliged to pay for a TV licence, even if I never watch any BBC channels. It may well be the case that my obliga(tory) licence fee collected by the government becomes the BBC's money in turn but I find it objectionable that it is then used in part to fund people like Laura Kuenssberg, Andrew Neill, John Humphries, Andrew Marr, John Pienaar and a load of other dyed-in-the-wool tory mouthpieces, there simply to reinforce the message required of their masters at tory central office.
All I require of the BBC is that they report the day's news; I really do not need any editor to spin the report in a particular way but that is exactly what I am forced to put up with unless I switch off…..and I am forced to pay for that!!
Tom