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From: chas@ihuxe.UUCP (Charles Lambert)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho,net.flame
Subject: Re: Government funded TV.
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Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 19:03:27 EST
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> We DON'T want the government to pay for it.  Who knows
> what we will be watching???  I agree the pledge breaks
> are in many cases very badly done, but it motivates the
> station to play what we want, not what some conehead thinks
> will offend the least ammount of people!

But.....
The BBC is entirely government-funded, by mandatory T.V. licence fee,
and they MADE Dr. Who (and Monty Python).

Charlie @ ATT

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