Just <a href="http://www.38degrees.org.uk/Jeremy-hunt-not-impartial">sign the fucking petition</a>.
In 12 hours a petition will be handed to Jeremy Hunt. Please sign it at the 38degrees website.
Maybe together we can ask them to stop trying to undermine the value of the lives we have built so that they and their barrow-boy friends can pedal more mediocre banalities and stuff their already overflowing pockets with just that little bit more cash.
| BBC | SKY | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual cost per person | £142.50 | £216 - £582 |
| Revenue | £4.8bn | £6bn |
| Original Programming / Services | Life, Planet Earth, Top Gear, Question Time, Working Lunch, This Week, Lark Rise to Candleford, The Mighty Boosh, Have I Got News for You, Time, Horizon, Doctor Who, Today Programme, World Service | Ross Kemp on Gangs/Wars, Mile High, Footballers Wives, BNP Wives |
| Employees | 23,000 | 13,087 |
So to recap:
- Murdoch makes more money, has lower costs, and makes crappier programmes.
- The BBC is owned by the public and run in the public interest, creates plenty of creative employment opportunities, raises the statesman-like esteem of the UK internationally, and costs considerably less.
Sources: BBC HYS, Today Programme, 2 Mar 2010, Yahoo Finance