Month: August 2012
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BBC Use of Covert Surveillance Revealed
The Financial Times has revealed that the state-sponsored British Broadcasting Corporation uses covert surveillance to collect the fee it charges citizens who want to watch television. The BBC’s enforcement agency told the newspaper that “It is only used as a last resort once other enforcement methods have been exhausted”. The revelation was in a report…
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New York Times Hires First Amendment Foe
The New York Times has hired Mark Thompson, former Director General of the state-sponsored British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), as its Chief Executive Officer. The BBC run by Mr. Thompson is financed by a ban on British citizens watching any form of TV unless they pay the state broadcaster an annual fee for a licence to…
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Soccer Players Refuse to Sing Royal Anthem
Monarchy Divides Britain The claim of monarchists that monarchy unites Britain has yet again been shown as false, this time by the refusal of sports people to join in singing the British royal anthem, known as “God Save the Queen”. Welsh footballers Ryan Giggs and Craig Bellamy and Scottish football players Kim Little and Ifeoma…