[BITList] Fwd: BBC or Murdoch

[Michael Feltham]

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> Dear Michael,
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> “A dangerous situation for the BBC …” That’s what veteran broadcaster Liz Forgan this week at a Radio 4 debate about the BBC’s future. [1]
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> I was there along with other 38 Degrees members - and it was clearer to us than ever: the BBC’s under threat. According to Forgan, our government’s more focused on helping commercial media than on the public good. [2] As I type, they’re deciding whether or not to carve up our BBC. [3]
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> 38 Degrees members are building a huge campaign to stop commercial media barons like Murdoch getting their way. 300,000 of us have signed the petition and over 175,000 of us wrote to the government’s consultation. [4] But we’ve got a big fight on our hands - so the more of us who join in, the better chance we have of protecting our BBC.
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> Please click the image below to share the petition to protect our BBC on Facebook or forward this email to your friends and family:
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> Sign the petition <https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/m/74c07736/2d4724dd/73c37e57/463838cc/3208414380/VEsD/> 
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> Media barons like Rupert Murdoch are pushing the government to dismantle our BBC. [5] His newspapers run relentless smear stories against the BBC and he’s waiting in the wings to fill our airwaves with more biased news reporting. [6]
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> 38 Degrees members will always stand up for an independent broadcaster free from commercial interests. Whilst it’s not perfect, its mission is to inform, educate or entertain. Not to deliver profit for shareholders.
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> The government’s set to publish their plans for the BBC early in the New Year. We’ve got a lot to do together in the meantime. Please will you forward this email and ask your friends, family and colleagues to add their names to the petition today?
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> Sign the petition <https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/m/74c07736/2d4724dd/73c37e57/463838cc/3208414380/VEsA/> 
> The BBC belongs to us, the public, the license fee payers. It doesn’t belong to politicians. Let’s show them we won’t stand by while they destroy independent broadcasting in the UK.
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> Thanks for being involved,
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> Rachel, Megan, Maddy and the rest of the 38 Degrees team
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> NOTES:
> [1] BBC iplayer: Radio 4’s The Media Show:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06kc96f <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06kc96f>
> [2] BBC iplayer: Radio 4’s The Media Show:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06kc96f <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06kc96f>
> [3] Gov.uk: Government begins debate on the future of BBC:
> https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-begins-debate-on-the-future-of-bbc <https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-begins-debate-on-the-future-of-bbc>
> Parliament.uk: BBC Charter Review inquiry:
> http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/culture-media-and-sport-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/bbc-charter-review-15-16/ <http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/culture-media-and-sport-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/bbc-charter-review-15-16/>
> [4] 38 Degrees: The BBC campaign: what we’ve done so far:
> https://home.38degrees.org.uk/2015/10/28/the-bbc-what-weve-done-so-far/ <https://home.38degrees.org.uk/2015/10/28/the-bbc-what-weve-done-so-far/>
> [5] The Independent: Osborne’s assault on the BBC is doing Murdoch’s dirty work:
> http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/osborne-s-assault-on-the-bbc-is-doing-murdoch-s-dirty-work-10372838.html <http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/osborne-s-assault-on-the-bbc-is-doing-murdoch-s-dirty-work-10372838.html>
> The Independent: Rupert Murdoch's private meeting with George Osborne: The mogul always likes to back a winner:
> http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/rupert-murdochs-private-meeting-with-george-osborne-the-mogul-always-likes-to-back-a-winner-10431838.html <http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/rupert-murdochs-private-meeting-with-george-osborne-the-mogul-always-likes-to-back-a-winner-10431838.html>
> [6] Here are a smattering of the anti-BBC stories the Sun has been running:
> ‘MUPPETS!’
> http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6650688/BBC-blows-8m-on-weird-art-website.html <http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6650688/BBC-blows-8m-on-weird-art-website.html>
> ‘BBC goes bananas and bans the fruit at their new £1bn HQ’
> http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4728357/BBC-goes-bananas-and-bans-the-fruit-at-their-new-1bn-HQ.html <http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4728357/BBC-goes-bananas-and-bans-the-fruit-at-their-new-1bn-HQ.html>
> ‘Fury as BBC use branded laptops in Autumn Statement coverage’
> http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/6148690/Fury-as-BBC-use-branded-laptops-in-Autumn-Statement-coverage.html <http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/6148690/Fury-as-BBC-use-branded-laptops-in-Autumn-Statement-coverage.html>
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