BBC License Fee Needed To Crack New York

I am not a fan of being taxed to pay for the BBC. It is not public service broadcasting and BBC news is grossly biased.

In the States there are plenty of news channels to cater for every whim, lefties in denial, right wing nuts, that kind of thing. I've come to the conclusion that it's impossible to have clean, honest, objective broadcast news.

So when I read about the BBC hiring a New York advertising agency (and that will cost a pretty penny) to help them launch the BBC news 24 channel I have to laugh. The audience ratings in the UK rarely get above a million during the evening yet the article says:

"...help launch its iconic 24-hour international news channel in the U.S. market. BBC World News, seen in about 280 million homes globally, will be available to Cablevision's digital subscribers in the New York metropolitan area at the end of the month."

There are 40 million homes in the UK, each one taxed to pay for the BBC. Who are the other 240 million already receiving the news channel? Add New York's metro area - what another ten million? Well don't I feel marvellous that I'm paying a tax so New Yorkers can watch something other than ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox or CNN news.