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GoodmanSimon t1_ix7n1a2 wrote

Reply to comment by Sfb208 in BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar criticism by AcknowledgeableReal

I am not going to split hair here, I think we are both saying the same thing in a way.

I still think they do have to make money otherwise the UK taxpayers would need to pay higher fees and that would make the BBC even more unpopular, (or the government of the day if they had to use taxpayer money to foot the difference).

So, while they are definitely not a private entity they do have to make some money.

Because they are seen as the TV station of the UK, they also have a role to play when it comes to those kind of delicate situations. In this case I think they chose a bit of a backhanded way to still be there but be seen to be outraged.

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teabagmoustache t1_ix7ooem wrote

>I guess they still had to make money

This is the part people are disagreeing with.

They make no money from the World Cup.

You turned the conversation into something completely irrelevant instead of just accepting you got that detail wrong.

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