How the BBC Criminalises the Poor
Monday, 2 August 2010
From the recently published ASI report, Global Player or Subsidy Junkie? Decision Time for the BBC; a quote that really stood out to me:
“I have for 20 years had the difficult task of sentencing TV licence defaulters, followed some months later by the often hopeless task of fine enforcement. Unlike other offenders, TV licence evaders are predominantly female, many of them benefit recipients with children. The majority are single, struggling to keep their families financially afloat.”
Public service indeed.
