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sunrock
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I recently paid my licence fee....160euros....its a lot of money for an average earner.
And RTE get advertising revenue as well.Apart from news,current affairs and sports RTE don`t actually produce many programmes...I mean they have no genuine rural/farming soap which is a disgrace. I think the licence fee is just too much for what we are getting.The huge salaries ....no need for them as where could these people get similiar type jobs...also do we need foreign correspondents flying all over the globe when all they do is trot out the same viewpoints as the corporate media anyway and all the prizes given out. RTE is a big crony culture where everyone there is feathering each others nest.RTE knows that it is dependant on the licence fee, so it is very politically sensitive and does not want to antagonise the top politicians.
In this belt tightening times RTE needs to get real and reduce its costs and the licence fee needs to be reduced in turn.
And RTE get advertising revenue as well.Apart from news,current affairs and sports RTE don`t actually produce many programmes...I mean they have no genuine rural/farming soap which is a disgrace. I think the licence fee is just too much for what we are getting.The huge salaries ....no need for them as where could these people get similiar type jobs...also do we need foreign correspondents flying all over the globe when all they do is trot out the same viewpoints as the corporate media anyway and all the prizes given out. RTE is a big crony culture where everyone there is feathering each others nest.RTE knows that it is dependant on the licence fee, so it is very politically sensitive and does not want to antagonise the top politicians.
In this belt tightening times RTE needs to get real and reduce its costs and the licence fee needs to be reduced in turn.