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Is the BBC still getting funding from the EU ?
onecitizen
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A year or two ago it was disclosed, against the wishes of the BBC, that the BBC was in receipt of millions of pounds in funding direct from the European Union.
Two questions, is the BBC still getting money from the EU and if so are they still trying to cover this up ?
I think we should be told the truth about this as it will affect many peoples' opinions on just how impartial the BBC really is in the run up to the referendum.
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2014/02/the-millions-in-eu-funding-the-bbc-tried-to-hide/
Two questions, is the BBC still getting money from the EU and if so are they still trying to cover this up ?
I think we should be told the truth about this as it will affect many peoples' opinions on just how impartial the BBC really is in the run up to the referendum.
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2014/02/the-millions-in-eu-funding-the-bbc-tried-to-hide/
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Yes it is. Just like UKIP is. Presumably that must mean they are pro-EU membership, right?
UKIP are elected to the EP, the BBC are not
EU funding is EU funding. Getting elected doesn't make it non-EU money.
You've asked this before and you've been given the answer. It is a tiny tiny amount used for R and D.
The BBC has been brilliant during this Ref. Totally balanced. Let's not have Out looking for all the excuses under the sun for why they didn't win.
UKIP get their EU funding for being elected to represent British people who incidentally provide the money in the first place, the BBC get their EU funding for being quislings. Simple.
But like they're going to be honest enough for that ...
All the while saying it is not democratic ..... say their elected MEPs.
The BBC has no view. If like me you watch all their output, you'd know this.
The BBC receives less than 1% of it's annual from the EU. Equivalent to a speck of dust. As I said earlier, this is used for R and D.
Was it necessary to post this in the Broadcasting section too?
Given the ineptness of Farage, Hannan and co during this campaign the obvious implication is that they've been nobbled by the EU.
The EU are also responsible for Dave putting the Referendum into the manifesto and EU influence would also explain how the Tories have a majority
Well its the uk government in charge of the BBC, its the uk government who decides the BBC charter,
Neither is the BBC. The money is funding for projects that they carry out.
The BBC is a publicly funded body that has a duty to report balanced news, and as such it should have disclosed its other funding sources rather than concealing them.
UKIP has no such remit to be impartial, neither does it ever pretend to be. Everyone knows what they stand for and we're also well aware that UKIP gets EU funding by sheer virtue of being in the EU parliament.
The sources of funding for the BBC were neither obvious nor voluntarily stated.
Read up on what the funding is for, and the BBC's charter.
Hint it's for something the BBC has been doing since before there was even an EEC, let alone an EU.
It's money to cover some of the costs incurred in doing R&D for the broadcasting, as the BBC is part of the European Broadcasters society (I think it is) which is basically the group that ties to make sure that a the broadcasts from one country don't do things like knock out broadcasts from the neighbouring country, and that there are common standards.
As one of the biggest broadcasters in the EU, and one with probably the longest continuous history of doing R&D the BBC gets asked to do a lot of work to assist other broadcasters, and make sure the proposed standards will work.
If you think the BBC is a "quissling" for taking £2 million or less a year under very strict conditions, a sum that is less than 1/10th of a percent of it's income then the BBC is obviously really cheap.
It's funding for R&D is disclosed.
It's in the bloody newspapers about every 3-6 months, it's in it's accounts, it's posted on here (by the same handful of users) as if it's huge breaking world shattering news on a regular basis.
You would think the BBC with it's record of being accused of leftist bias would set out not to receive EU money as it just adds to the charge sheet against it.
Can the BBC turn down money, when its the uk government who decides things for the BBC ? The BBC has to answer to parliment