I was always a dedicated enthusiast for the BBC until about three years ago when I found myself on protests for the first time in decades. To me the case involving Marion Millar was a serious attack on reason as well as on her personally. A BBC reporter turned up outside the court on each occasion but her attitude was dismissive and uninterested. There was little or no TV coverage. I started to join other protests on Womens rights in Glasgow and Edinburgh and again saw the numbers understated and the coverage muted. I am now a cynic and a critic and have no faith in the BBC and all that I believed it stood for. Another casualty of the sinister movement that is gender ideology.
Same here. What a disgrace that our so called national broadcaster has become. To ignore such a huge story can only be explained by a combination of cowardice, incompetence, dishonesty and complete disconnection from reality, sanity and decency.
Well done to the Whistleblower which is already doing good work. Thanks Graham and happy Christmas.
We knew it was bad at the BBC, just didn't realise how bad.
I'm happy to say that I no longer have a TV licence it's perfectly legal so long as you don't watch 'live' TV. Check it out.
I have Netflix & Prime and only get some programming via catch up.
As far as the 'News' went, I had already switched to C4 or ITV.
Here in Scotland, a regular on News programmes is trans identified male 'Ellie Gommersal' who rather hilariously appeared in a piece about the lack of women in politics. (seen clips posted on X). The notion of interviewing an actual woman, seems not to occur.
At these times I'm delighted NOT to be contributing to the dross.
For a second I was delighted to hear this! But then thought I’d better double-check. Sadly, you do need a licence to watch catch up. The TV Licensing website states: “You must be covered by a TV Licence to download or watch on BBC iPlayer* – live, catch up or on demand.”
In any case, perhaps we should all stop watching BBC content, given how terrible they are these days. Screw ‘em.
Thank you for confirming what I knew instinctively.
I've always been one of the staunchest defenders of the BBC and the licence fee but no more.
From their early pushing of the concept of the 'trans child' on children's programming to their absolute failure (Hannah Barnes excepted) to routinely inform the public on this issue, they have let themselves and the public down.
Had the BBC covered this issue fairly and impartially far more people would have been aware, far more parents would have been forewarned, politicians would have had it on their radar. Instead we've had to spend years sounding the alarm until the MSM paid it any attention.
One of the worst aspects of this is that I now know that I can't trust them - if they lie routinely on this topic (by omission such as Badenoch in the HoC and Committee, by altering interviewee's quoted speech in Caroline Lowbridge's piece about lesbians under pressure from 'transwomen') then how can I trust them on anything else?
This is going to be a big problem for the BBC and other MSM outlets, even the Daily Mail and broadly supportive media will suffer because of their insistence on using female pronouns for dangerous male perverts. It's also undermined trust in the police, the judiciary, schools and most major institutions inc the C of E. I never thought any of them were perfect but this is a whole other level - it's not a mistake, it's deliberate and that's hard to come to terms with.
I'm following the Post Office scandal and that inquiry quite closely and the parallels are noticeable - they knew people were being seriously harmed and they just blatantly lied, rewarded themselves for doing it, got knighted, ordained and landed more plum jobs. Those people whose lives were ruined with false convictions, bankruptcy and in some cases prison sentences have still not received proper compensation, the legal bills are in the 100s of millions and much of it is paid for by taxpayers. When they do pay compensation, we will pick up the tab for that too. It doesn't give me any faith that we will see justice for the people harmed by gender ideology any time soon if ever.
I am happy to report that Nick Wallis, one of the best investigative and campaigning journalists working in the UK right now, who has doggedly reported the PO Scandal from the very beginning, is now fully peaked. Worth following him on twitter and def worth reading his book. I hope he can do something similar with this massive scandal.
Yes, these institutions and that's a very good parallel. One word keeps springing to mind and that's corruption. It's a slow rot and then everywhere you look. Then actively hidden, then denied and on it goes. It leaves these institutions exposed and governance goes. What goes on inside these places?
It's been mind-boggling the lengths those in the Post Office went to. People killed themselves and died fighting that. They destroyed lives. Like contracting out, the culture of so many organisations is changed over decades now so that standards are lost and there are fewer (to no one) left who know how it could be done better. All this self-serving, privatisation, protectionism and corrupt practice goes hand in hand with this gender lobby - they all have selfish interests at heart and it's not for the public good. It's in our water, our healthcare, housing, education, our postal services. The level of total incompetence yet people remain in post as there is no one to challenge that. I once had a manager who had come from 'being senior' at the Post Office. She was openly mocked and although nice to me, seemed totally ineffective and I never worked out what she actually did. She used to take us out of the office for a coffee and a chat. That took all afternoon, so months to go round us all. That was our performance review, her management style, and we had days off to do Christmas shopping, which I never understood as I had actual work to do in working hours (a novel concept). It was less demanding than my school or sixth form - the department seemed empty and people's attitude to this cushy work was so casual, drifting in and out as they felt like. That was when 'hot desking' came in. They turned that workplace into a playroom. They were unaware of employment law or even simple maths and I failed to explain basic statistics to them (like how many dropped calls, how many answered, how many cases resolved, how long that took, how many staff hours so how productive we were). I was treated as weird as I had a degree and was numerate - staff 'training' was in middle school maths, but staff seemed to be congratulated for doing anything. I said all that in my exit interview.
It's been bizarre to watch the Mone saga unfolding, with even lawyers employing lawyers to represent them to claim if their clients, trusted others and those 'trusted by the State' are lying, then what can they do professionally to counter that.
To those of us who are regular listeners this will come as no surprise. The fact of these dedicated LGBT and Identity staff says it all. I completely agree with the suggestion that reporters and journalists should follow stories that reflect their specialisms, as happens in most major newspapers. Many of us are aware of the biases of BBC broadcasters. Only yesterday Sarah Montague on The World At One referred to the protected characteristic of transgender under the Equality Act.
It really stood out didn't it. I really wondered about that when she said it - being transgender is not a characteristic 'protected' under the Equality Act, it's gender reassignment and is supposed to reflect the official process the government set up. Maybe she meant to say sex, which is protected. Those words mean a lot in law. Her and the BBC's casual attitude to reality, law and facts alarms me as what is that if not propaganda. So I doubt what I hear. It's her profession, so you'd think she might look it up and have a cheat sheet, maybe spend an hour one evening boning up on the law and key facts so she and her presenting colleagues don't keep making these 'mistakes'. Or any editorial staff if there are any left? There are only 9 ones listed, it's not that difficult to remember. That was yet another error and misinformation, so I don't trust what she says. Her nice calm middle class voice and the old BBC image has been totally destroyed by whatever it is their internal gender lords are 'advising' them. A presenter corrected herself about something else on air the other day and I was impressed. She also said don't write in, it was a mistake. Maybe one of her team had told her. We all make mistakes, but these are repeated unforced errors despite the remaining resources they have, so look very deliberate. Thanks to another whistleblower for confirming again why this is still happening.
There is a real gap now in broadcasting - the BBC have lost so many of its investigative and trusted programmes and staff. I know I can't rely on it. I don't watch TV or news and dip in and out of radio, but I miss the trust I had in it to report vaguely accurately.
I’m 60. The BBC has been a big part of my life. Too big a part really, if I’m honest. But not any more. I don’t watch it very much at all, and News coverage is the worst. I’m glad this insider is speaking out, but the whole organisation needs a huge shake up. I really resent having to pay my licence fee. The attitude toward Israel is embarrassing and a disgrace to our nation. Radio 3 and 6 are still worth having, so I expect they will be ditched soon.
I’m a BBC pensioner and used to defend the corporation relentlessly. That has changed. For the first time I have lodged a formal complaint. It was about their use of the term non-binary. The first response was outside their recommended 10 working days but looked as if they’d spent about 10 minutes on it. It even referred to the corporation as a “company”. I await the answer to my follow up with little hope of any improvement.
Graham, thank you very much for this illuminating journalism. Apart from cowardice, is it possible that those working for BBC and hiding facts about dangers of trans ideology are being paid to do so by trans activists who we know are funded by billionaires?
Since this harmful cult infiltrated the BBC we have seen nothing but lies, misinformation, no truths and its ruled by those who wish to harm children by drugging and mutilating them, letting some trans boys rape and attack girls with no story on it at all. They are not worth it any longer. There is no news from the BBC its trans fake news now just like the pernicious fake cult that is trans identifying men and trans identifying girls...you know the cosmetic surgery group, fake tits, fake dicks and fake fannies, fake hair fake voices, fake clothes agps and paedophilia news. It's disgraceful
Trans identifying people may be a small overall percentage but behind them is a much larger group of fetishists who need this front to win so those hiding become acceptable. If we sat back and let the trans activists win then the next step are those who want access to children. This is the most dangerous time for all those of us who care, to stay strong. We have seen what happened with Saville and his ilk and there is a horde of others in his wake many of whom have cottoned on to the idea if they do the head tilt and silly voice we’ll actually think these weirdos are some kind of benign female figure. Over my dead body!
Yes. I want to know the police stats for what percentage of the unfathomable increase in child abuse victims and imagery also ticks the boxes for anything gender related and 'gender' of victims, users, downloaders and perps. These are two huge societal monsters and it's hard to get evidence on their overlapping nature because of all the destruction of stats and categories and how the police, courts and politicians are under the delusion that men who rape, abuse and murder are somehow 'women'. Men in wigs who openly state they are into sissy porn yet still too many are denying this.
Brilliant article, thank you very much to the whistleblower and Graham for getting this out.
The deliberate silence from the BBC in this, and their cult spreading lies needs to be taken to court. As mentioned in other comments they have directly contributed to the harming of children and vulnerable adults because of their biased reporting. People believe the BBC. This is no joke.
I'm proud to state I've never paid for the extortionate license fee and I never will. I collect their fake letters weekly pretending to threaten me, planning on making some damning art piece out of them!
Remember people: if you don't give them your name they cannot ever get you to pay. They don't have some magic sci-fi wave scanner to detect you watching (just don't have your front window curtains open with that TV on in clear view - just incase). It's all hokey. In over 2 years I've never even had a visit! Despite every few red envelopes threatening they will. If you move house, never redirect payments. They have no legal right to enter your home. Ever.
The TV Licensing group are as corrupt and cruel as the BBC LGBT team. Period.
I cancelled my licence in 2020 and when I realised I hadn't watched TV for months and went through the proper procedure. That hasn't stopped them sending threatening and in my opinion libellous letters claiming I had been watching TV without a licence. Rang them up gave them a piece of my mind and harrassment has stopped for now. I dont miss it all.
I did the same Angela. I chose not to renew my licence and wasn't watching TV, live TV or even owned a TV. I used to pay the fee as I used to have faith in it, I agree in principle with providing a service like this and I listened to radio. But then was in hospital then came out to face really awful letters. It happened very quickly and they ratcheted up increasing in their level of threat, getting letter after letter within weeks. I was told they would visit my home on a date I was scheduled to be in hospital again and if I didn't answer the door I would be fined and risked prison. That was the last straw. All that wording, threats and red print is designed to frighten and to frighten vulnerable people. That truly boils my blood. I have emailed them in the past and although I knew I had done nothing wrong I was panicked by their threats as I was recovering from serious illness and couldn't understand why it was happening. No one under 30 had a TV or watched the BBC in my office in London and that was over a decade ago. Surely someone was noticing that demographic shift? Surely? And maybe find out why then respond to it. It's the attitude that we are all criminals unless we prove we're not. WTAF.
When I was recovered I rang them up. The first person was rude, surly and stonewalled me and I had to be very persistent in advising them that they were breaking the law and I wished to speak to someone. I got through to a weary manager who was good, not adversarial and admitted they were at fault in multiple ways. I said how this was too far, I was disgusted with the BBC and Capita and would now not renew a licence ever again because of this. Their output is awful, they are ideological, they harass vulnerable people and are allowed carte blanche to continue. I've not been harassed in any form since so someone listened.
I took part in consultations for the BBC on the changing media landscape, was filmed for them and many advised them that if they keep shooting themselves in the foot they will run out of feet to shoot. Ta da!
Totally true - there letters are awful and I when I got mine I shuddered to think what the effect would be on someone who couldn't afford to pay. What a pity they couldn't treat transactivists the same way instead of bowing to their emotional blackmail. In my opinion they are no longer fit for purpose and the licence fee should be abolished. Let the trans pay for it if they want a mouthpiece. Apart from this there have been too many scandals - someone already mentioned Jimmy Saville and I also remember the phone in voting scandal.. When I was a child the BBC was a national institution now you can't believe a word they say.
AS an American I don't watch the BBC. The most I ever see from the BBC are sit-coms that make it onto PBS (public television) in the U.S. It seems to me, though, that it may be a good thing that they aren't reporting on this issue. Despite some recent successes for our side, gender ideology seems to be accepted as fact by most organizations in the U.K., and probably by most members of the media. If the BBC did start to report on this issue, they would most likely cave to pressure from trans organizations and conform their reporting accordingly.
Here in the U.S., when PBS reports on this issue, their reporting is entirely sympathetic to trans talking points. It's very frustrating. Personally, I am especially annoyed by drag queens who, in my view, mock women (in the same way that whites in black face mock blacks). PBS, however, sees drag queens as part of "diversity", though in my view they just have a sexual fetish. Not long ago, one of their most prominent reporters gave a sympathetic interview to a ridiculous-looking drag queen. As I often do, I sent the reporter a complaint, although I doubt he ever read it.
Recently on PBS, Judy Woodruff, who now does political reporting among other things, interviewed a panel of Democrats about their support for Biden. There were about six people on this panel, and one of them was a trans woman (who, as most of them do, looked and sounded ridiculous). It would seem that PBS isn't aware that trans people constitute 1% or less of our population, not 16.7%.
(It still amazes me that 1% of the population could create such an uproar in Western society, but they have.)
I’m afraid I don’t agree that the beeb shouldn’t report on this. As our national broadcaster, paid for by the people of this country, it is duty bound to hunt out and report the truth. Far from doing this, it actively promotes lies and delusions such as telling children that there are 100 genders. If it had done it’s job years ago, we wouldn’t be in such a mess, with people across the country still in ignorance of the full horror of gender ideology. For this reason alone, the Beeb should be defunded. The Beeb is directly responsible ( amongst others) for the social contagion amongst the young.
Your opinion is as valid as any and it’s great that you’re commenting on here. How could you fully understand how the BBC works over here. Please don’t think I was having a dig at you. I just don’t want to see the BBC let off the hook.
It's not so much they don't report on it but that the reporting is heavily biased. They also use indoctrination through children's TV and adult dramas and soaps.
For me, the BBC had lost its credibility long time a ago. Its list of scandals is so long, I don't understand why anyone would trust that organisation. It is so deluded in its self-righteousness, there is no hope for it. It was bad way before EDI initiatives took hold and it is even worse now. Why won't the government put it out of its misery and end the TV license.
Was a time when the BBC was auntie. Was a time when wondered why anyone would want a radio that didn't default to BBC R4. Was a time when I paid good money to the BBC to be free of advertising .... Ha!
I was always a dedicated enthusiast for the BBC until about three years ago when I found myself on protests for the first time in decades. To me the case involving Marion Millar was a serious attack on reason as well as on her personally. A BBC reporter turned up outside the court on each occasion but her attitude was dismissive and uninterested. There was little or no TV coverage. I started to join other protests on Womens rights in Glasgow and Edinburgh and again saw the numbers understated and the coverage muted. I am now a cynic and a critic and have no faith in the BBC and all that I believed it stood for. Another casualty of the sinister movement that is gender ideology.
Same here. What a disgrace that our so called national broadcaster has become. To ignore such a huge story can only be explained by a combination of cowardice, incompetence, dishonesty and complete disconnection from reality, sanity and decency.
Well done to the Whistleblower which is already doing good work. Thanks Graham and happy Christmas.
And thanks also to you Moley for making this fight more bearable with your quirky humour.👏
Bloody hell.
We knew it was bad at the BBC, just didn't realise how bad.
I'm happy to say that I no longer have a TV licence it's perfectly legal so long as you don't watch 'live' TV. Check it out.
I have Netflix & Prime and only get some programming via catch up.
As far as the 'News' went, I had already switched to C4 or ITV.
Here in Scotland, a regular on News programmes is trans identified male 'Ellie Gommersal' who rather hilariously appeared in a piece about the lack of women in politics. (seen clips posted on X). The notion of interviewing an actual woman, seems not to occur.
At these times I'm delighted NOT to be contributing to the dross.
For a second I was delighted to hear this! But then thought I’d better double-check. Sadly, you do need a licence to watch catch up. The TV Licensing website states: “You must be covered by a TV Licence to download or watch on BBC iPlayer* – live, catch up or on demand.”
In any case, perhaps we should all stop watching BBC content, given how terrible they are these days. Screw ‘em.
Thank you for confirming what I knew instinctively.
I've always been one of the staunchest defenders of the BBC and the licence fee but no more.
From their early pushing of the concept of the 'trans child' on children's programming to their absolute failure (Hannah Barnes excepted) to routinely inform the public on this issue, they have let themselves and the public down.
Had the BBC covered this issue fairly and impartially far more people would have been aware, far more parents would have been forewarned, politicians would have had it on their radar. Instead we've had to spend years sounding the alarm until the MSM paid it any attention.
One of the worst aspects of this is that I now know that I can't trust them - if they lie routinely on this topic (by omission such as Badenoch in the HoC and Committee, by altering interviewee's quoted speech in Caroline Lowbridge's piece about lesbians under pressure from 'transwomen') then how can I trust them on anything else?
This is going to be a big problem for the BBC and other MSM outlets, even the Daily Mail and broadly supportive media will suffer because of their insistence on using female pronouns for dangerous male perverts. It's also undermined trust in the police, the judiciary, schools and most major institutions inc the C of E. I never thought any of them were perfect but this is a whole other level - it's not a mistake, it's deliberate and that's hard to come to terms with.
I'm following the Post Office scandal and that inquiry quite closely and the parallels are noticeable - they knew people were being seriously harmed and they just blatantly lied, rewarded themselves for doing it, got knighted, ordained and landed more plum jobs. Those people whose lives were ruined with false convictions, bankruptcy and in some cases prison sentences have still not received proper compensation, the legal bills are in the 100s of millions and much of it is paid for by taxpayers. When they do pay compensation, we will pick up the tab for that too. It doesn't give me any faith that we will see justice for the people harmed by gender ideology any time soon if ever.
I am happy to report that Nick Wallis, one of the best investigative and campaigning journalists working in the UK right now, who has doggedly reported the PO Scandal from the very beginning, is now fully peaked. Worth following him on twitter and def worth reading his book. I hope he can do something similar with this massive scandal.
Yes, these institutions and that's a very good parallel. One word keeps springing to mind and that's corruption. It's a slow rot and then everywhere you look. Then actively hidden, then denied and on it goes. It leaves these institutions exposed and governance goes. What goes on inside these places?
It's been mind-boggling the lengths those in the Post Office went to. People killed themselves and died fighting that. They destroyed lives. Like contracting out, the culture of so many organisations is changed over decades now so that standards are lost and there are fewer (to no one) left who know how it could be done better. All this self-serving, privatisation, protectionism and corrupt practice goes hand in hand with this gender lobby - they all have selfish interests at heart and it's not for the public good. It's in our water, our healthcare, housing, education, our postal services. The level of total incompetence yet people remain in post as there is no one to challenge that. I once had a manager who had come from 'being senior' at the Post Office. She was openly mocked and although nice to me, seemed totally ineffective and I never worked out what she actually did. She used to take us out of the office for a coffee and a chat. That took all afternoon, so months to go round us all. That was our performance review, her management style, and we had days off to do Christmas shopping, which I never understood as I had actual work to do in working hours (a novel concept). It was less demanding than my school or sixth form - the department seemed empty and people's attitude to this cushy work was so casual, drifting in and out as they felt like. That was when 'hot desking' came in. They turned that workplace into a playroom. They were unaware of employment law or even simple maths and I failed to explain basic statistics to them (like how many dropped calls, how many answered, how many cases resolved, how long that took, how many staff hours so how productive we were). I was treated as weird as I had a degree and was numerate - staff 'training' was in middle school maths, but staff seemed to be congratulated for doing anything. I said all that in my exit interview.
It's been bizarre to watch the Mone saga unfolding, with even lawyers employing lawyers to represent them to claim if their clients, trusted others and those 'trusted by the State' are lying, then what can they do professionally to counter that.
I've always had great respect for Nick Wallis - now increased still further!
To those of us who are regular listeners this will come as no surprise. The fact of these dedicated LGBT and Identity staff says it all. I completely agree with the suggestion that reporters and journalists should follow stories that reflect their specialisms, as happens in most major newspapers. Many of us are aware of the biases of BBC broadcasters. Only yesterday Sarah Montague on The World At One referred to the protected characteristic of transgender under the Equality Act.
It really stood out didn't it. I really wondered about that when she said it - being transgender is not a characteristic 'protected' under the Equality Act, it's gender reassignment and is supposed to reflect the official process the government set up. Maybe she meant to say sex, which is protected. Those words mean a lot in law. Her and the BBC's casual attitude to reality, law and facts alarms me as what is that if not propaganda. So I doubt what I hear. It's her profession, so you'd think she might look it up and have a cheat sheet, maybe spend an hour one evening boning up on the law and key facts so she and her presenting colleagues don't keep making these 'mistakes'. Or any editorial staff if there are any left? There are only 9 ones listed, it's not that difficult to remember. That was yet another error and misinformation, so I don't trust what she says. Her nice calm middle class voice and the old BBC image has been totally destroyed by whatever it is their internal gender lords are 'advising' them. A presenter corrected herself about something else on air the other day and I was impressed. She also said don't write in, it was a mistake. Maybe one of her team had told her. We all make mistakes, but these are repeated unforced errors despite the remaining resources they have, so look very deliberate. Thanks to another whistleblower for confirming again why this is still happening.
There is a real gap now in broadcasting - the BBC have lost so many of its investigative and trusted programmes and staff. I know I can't rely on it. I don't watch TV or news and dip in and out of radio, but I miss the trust I had in it to report vaguely accurately.
I’m 60. The BBC has been a big part of my life. Too big a part really, if I’m honest. But not any more. I don’t watch it very much at all, and News coverage is the worst. I’m glad this insider is speaking out, but the whole organisation needs a huge shake up. I really resent having to pay my licence fee. The attitude toward Israel is embarrassing and a disgrace to our nation. Radio 3 and 6 are still worth having, so I expect they will be ditched soon.
Why is the BBC consistently bad at safeguarding children?
It's more like a creepy uncle than an aunty.
Home of Jimmy Saville and Rolf Harris so I'm not surprised.
That's perfect!
I’m a BBC pensioner and used to defend the corporation relentlessly. That has changed. For the first time I have lodged a formal complaint. It was about their use of the term non-binary. The first response was outside their recommended 10 working days but looked as if they’d spent about 10 minutes on it. It even referred to the corporation as a “company”. I await the answer to my follow up with little hope of any improvement.
That reference to :company' means they've just cut and pasted it from the EDI handbook!
Graham, thank you very much for this illuminating journalism. Apart from cowardice, is it possible that those working for BBC and hiding facts about dangers of trans ideology are being paid to do so by trans activists who we know are funded by billionaires?
If I ever end up in court there are just too many reasons now why I categorically refuse to be forced to pay their 'licence' tax.
Since this harmful cult infiltrated the BBC we have seen nothing but lies, misinformation, no truths and its ruled by those who wish to harm children by drugging and mutilating them, letting some trans boys rape and attack girls with no story on it at all. They are not worth it any longer. There is no news from the BBC its trans fake news now just like the pernicious fake cult that is trans identifying men and trans identifying girls...you know the cosmetic surgery group, fake tits, fake dicks and fake fannies, fake hair fake voices, fake clothes agps and paedophilia news. It's disgraceful
Trans identifying people may be a small overall percentage but behind them is a much larger group of fetishists who need this front to win so those hiding become acceptable. If we sat back and let the trans activists win then the next step are those who want access to children. This is the most dangerous time for all those of us who care, to stay strong. We have seen what happened with Saville and his ilk and there is a horde of others in his wake many of whom have cottoned on to the idea if they do the head tilt and silly voice we’ll actually think these weirdos are some kind of benign female figure. Over my dead body!
100%!
Yes. I want to know the police stats for what percentage of the unfathomable increase in child abuse victims and imagery also ticks the boxes for anything gender related and 'gender' of victims, users, downloaders and perps. These are two huge societal monsters and it's hard to get evidence on their overlapping nature because of all the destruction of stats and categories and how the police, courts and politicians are under the delusion that men who rape, abuse and murder are somehow 'women'. Men in wigs who openly state they are into sissy porn yet still too many are denying this.
Brilliant article, thank you very much to the whistleblower and Graham for getting this out.
The deliberate silence from the BBC in this, and their cult spreading lies needs to be taken to court. As mentioned in other comments they have directly contributed to the harming of children and vulnerable adults because of their biased reporting. People believe the BBC. This is no joke.
I'm proud to state I've never paid for the extortionate license fee and I never will. I collect their fake letters weekly pretending to threaten me, planning on making some damning art piece out of them!
Remember people: if you don't give them your name they cannot ever get you to pay. They don't have some magic sci-fi wave scanner to detect you watching (just don't have your front window curtains open with that TV on in clear view - just incase). It's all hokey. In over 2 years I've never even had a visit! Despite every few red envelopes threatening they will. If you move house, never redirect payments. They have no legal right to enter your home. Ever.
The TV Licensing group are as corrupt and cruel as the BBC LGBT team. Period.
I cancelled my licence in 2020 and when I realised I hadn't watched TV for months and went through the proper procedure. That hasn't stopped them sending threatening and in my opinion libellous letters claiming I had been watching TV without a licence. Rang them up gave them a piece of my mind and harrassment has stopped for now. I dont miss it all.
Gosh, they're seriously horrendous. Good on your for calling and giving them hell. They deserve every bit of it and more!
I did the same Angela. I chose not to renew my licence and wasn't watching TV, live TV or even owned a TV. I used to pay the fee as I used to have faith in it, I agree in principle with providing a service like this and I listened to radio. But then was in hospital then came out to face really awful letters. It happened very quickly and they ratcheted up increasing in their level of threat, getting letter after letter within weeks. I was told they would visit my home on a date I was scheduled to be in hospital again and if I didn't answer the door I would be fined and risked prison. That was the last straw. All that wording, threats and red print is designed to frighten and to frighten vulnerable people. That truly boils my blood. I have emailed them in the past and although I knew I had done nothing wrong I was panicked by their threats as I was recovering from serious illness and couldn't understand why it was happening. No one under 30 had a TV or watched the BBC in my office in London and that was over a decade ago. Surely someone was noticing that demographic shift? Surely? And maybe find out why then respond to it. It's the attitude that we are all criminals unless we prove we're not. WTAF.
When I was recovered I rang them up. The first person was rude, surly and stonewalled me and I had to be very persistent in advising them that they were breaking the law and I wished to speak to someone. I got through to a weary manager who was good, not adversarial and admitted they were at fault in multiple ways. I said how this was too far, I was disgusted with the BBC and Capita and would now not renew a licence ever again because of this. Their output is awful, they are ideological, they harass vulnerable people and are allowed carte blanche to continue. I've not been harassed in any form since so someone listened.
I took part in consultations for the BBC on the changing media landscape, was filmed for them and many advised them that if they keep shooting themselves in the foot they will run out of feet to shoot. Ta da!
Totally true - there letters are awful and I when I got mine I shuddered to think what the effect would be on someone who couldn't afford to pay. What a pity they couldn't treat transactivists the same way instead of bowing to their emotional blackmail. In my opinion they are no longer fit for purpose and the licence fee should be abolished. Let the trans pay for it if they want a mouthpiece. Apart from this there have been too many scandals - someone already mentioned Jimmy Saville and I also remember the phone in voting scandal.. When I was a child the BBC was a national institution now you can't believe a word they say.
AS an American I don't watch the BBC. The most I ever see from the BBC are sit-coms that make it onto PBS (public television) in the U.S. It seems to me, though, that it may be a good thing that they aren't reporting on this issue. Despite some recent successes for our side, gender ideology seems to be accepted as fact by most organizations in the U.K., and probably by most members of the media. If the BBC did start to report on this issue, they would most likely cave to pressure from trans organizations and conform their reporting accordingly.
Here in the U.S., when PBS reports on this issue, their reporting is entirely sympathetic to trans talking points. It's very frustrating. Personally, I am especially annoyed by drag queens who, in my view, mock women (in the same way that whites in black face mock blacks). PBS, however, sees drag queens as part of "diversity", though in my view they just have a sexual fetish. Not long ago, one of their most prominent reporters gave a sympathetic interview to a ridiculous-looking drag queen. As I often do, I sent the reporter a complaint, although I doubt he ever read it.
Recently on PBS, Judy Woodruff, who now does political reporting among other things, interviewed a panel of Democrats about their support for Biden. There were about six people on this panel, and one of them was a trans woman (who, as most of them do, looked and sounded ridiculous). It would seem that PBS isn't aware that trans people constitute 1% or less of our population, not 16.7%.
(It still amazes me that 1% of the population could create such an uproar in Western society, but they have.)
I’m afraid I don’t agree that the beeb shouldn’t report on this. As our national broadcaster, paid for by the people of this country, it is duty bound to hunt out and report the truth. Far from doing this, it actively promotes lies and delusions such as telling children that there are 100 genders. If it had done it’s job years ago, we wouldn’t be in such a mess, with people across the country still in ignorance of the full horror of gender ideology. For this reason alone, the Beeb should be defunded. The Beeb is directly responsible ( amongst others) for the social contagion amongst the young.
Hear hear TT
Dusty
Well, as I said, I don't live in England, so my opinion of the situation isn't worth much.
Your opinion is as valid as any and it’s great that you’re commenting on here. How could you fully understand how the BBC works over here. Please don’t think I was having a dig at you. I just don’t want to see the BBC let off the hook.
You were right. I'm just an opinionated person who likes to comment on everything.
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You wouldn’t be expected to know this, but they’ve already capitulated to the gender identity rubbish, and that’s part of my complaint.
It's not so much they don't report on it but that the reporting is heavily biased. They also use indoctrination through children's TV and adult dramas and soaps.
See Dr Woo
For me, the BBC had lost its credibility long time a ago. Its list of scandals is so long, I don't understand why anyone would trust that organisation. It is so deluded in its self-righteousness, there is no hope for it. It was bad way before EDI initiatives took hold and it is even worse now. Why won't the government put it out of its misery and end the TV license.
Was a time when the BBC was auntie. Was a time when wondered why anyone would want a radio that didn't default to BBC R4. Was a time when I paid good money to the BBC to be free of advertising .... Ha!
Good post.