Should The BBC Be Privatized?

As the BBC begins the process of applying to have its charter renewed, critics go on the attack, suggesting the public broadcaster be privatized. “I can’t see any justification for what the BBC does which can’t be equally well done in the commercial world. Why force anybody to pay £121? What you are forcing people to do is to pay – by threat of jail – for a view of life that people can get in the commercial world.”