Crap > Distinctive Programming
"BBC produces quality TV that the market can't [comrade]."
Having watched some PBS stuff on Netflix it seems clear to me that it's unfortunately true that the BBC does excel in certain areas. The PBS stuff was good, don't get me wrong, but no one on the PBS documentary about Nikola Tesla tried to explain that shooting power wirelessly through the sky would be an RF nightmare, let alone the possible damage caused by the energy leaking from the system. I'm sure the 'beeb' would have.
But then, it also produces shows that seem to just be re-jigged variations of commercial formats. Why are we all being forced to pay for those?
Seems to me like the BBC is trying to give us just what the market does and then some extra good bits on top. Though when it comes to rationalising this crazy payment system that goes against the core belief of our nation of operating a free market economy, only the extra good bits on top get used to defend the BBC.
I'm sick of being treated like an idiot by these people.
As if to prove my point, I find myself reaching for a BBC clip to prove my point! (Have I Got News For You clip)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRyW6n5699Q