PBS in America survives on its fundraisers. So should the BBC and Guardian accept donations from their most loyal audience members?Register the main issue unbiased and square. George Osborne was wholly mistaken to bully the BBC into funding free licences for the over-75s. It’s a cheap trick that muddies responsibilities and threatens to degrade broadcasting quality. So,in turn, the corporation may fairly ask frail stagers who can afford it not to claim their 145.50 exemption: to, and in effect,make a charitable donation that helps Tony corridor keep his act together. But intellect the Rubicon gap.
America’s Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and a network of non-profit TV stations depend on such charity, straightforwardly delivered. You discerning people out there want well-behaved, or non-commercial programming. Then pay up to help us provide it (with almighty pledging sessions on air year after year). That cash,plus sundry foundation grants, meets more than half the bills. If you require free-spirited quality, and you have to attach your hand in your pocket.
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Source: theguardian.com