TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington calls for the End of The BBC!
File under ‘WTF’ and ‘ill-informed’.
[update: March 14th 2007: Long Live the BBC! ]
Apparently, during a panel at yesterday’s Future Of WebApps Conference, TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington said ‘The BBC should be dissolved’. (see video here from BBC backstage’s Ian Forrester)
Listen here (edited) “The BBC Should Be Dissolved” : Mike Arrington : FOWA Feb 2007
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And the longer version here 
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Judging by the things he said, he clearly has no idea about how the BBC works in the UK. It *is* different to BBC World and he also gets some facts wrong about a kids social network.
I will agree to a point that the TV License (that every UK household who owns a TV is forced to pay) is often abused and unwisely spent on some astronomical salaries for many people who I happen to know first hand don’t have the required knowledge to make certain decisions.
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