Is the Torygraph being a snake-in-the-grass about over-75s’ TV licences?
I don’t trust the Daily Telegraph‘s advice to the elderly on the fact they’re being asked to pay for their TV licences again.
“The elderly should be in no rush to pay the BBC,” the Torygraph‘s headline proclaims – and the piece itself seems to go on in confrontational manner, making Auntie out to be the villain:
“TV Licensing will write to all licence holders aged over 75 with clear guidance about how to pay,” says the BBC, which is a polite way of saying, “We know where you live.”
Admittedly, I can’t see more than the first paragraph of Charles Moore’s article because, being published by a Tory paper, it’s behind a paywall.
But it seems to be pretending that the BBC is forcing over-75s to pay TV licences unnecessarily, and this is a lie.
The change is happening because George Osborne didn’t want the government to pay the subsidy for senior citizens that was brought in by New Labour.
He announced that the Tories would stop paying it and the BBC would have to decide what to do about it.
The choice was between asking pensioners to pay up again, or drastically reducing the BBC’s output.
Either way, there was going to be an outcry. But whatever the decision, the BBC is not to blame.
George Osborne is, along with his Tory government and its successors.
Don’t let the Torygraph fool you into believing anything else.
Source: The elderly should be in no rush to pay the BBC
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