TANSTAAFSTVARS
May 9, 2008 – 10:11 am by JohnBBC News claims, “A free satellite television and radio service backed by the BBC and ITV launches across the UK.” I hope even my non-libertarian friends aren’t fooled by any government’s claim that something is “free”; obviously it is funded by money that was taken at the point of a gun from people who earned it and given to people who didn’t. I thought it was shameful that the BBC News article didn’t mention this tax funding at all, but it isn’t surprising because Britons and especially BBC journalists are probably used to the BBC’s funding just being there, perfectly unquestioned and justified.