Oh, dear aunty Beeb, you suck so

In a programme scheduled for 9pm today on the BBC called "Hey Big Spender!" we are to be told that we've been very very naughty with our cash. So naughty in fact that we are all deeply in debt.

We have become a nation of big spenders and credit junkies, with borrowing at an unprecedented high.

At the end of 2003, borrowing had risen to £4,426 for every adult in the UK, not counting mortgages.

The BBC programme aims to assess how worried we all should really be and wishes to offer us some practical advice, which is ever so nice and considerate of them.

Or at least it would be had they chosen a different tact to this one:

We have even taken up the challenge to offer you the financial tips that could help save you the cost of the BBC licence fee - perhaps much more.

You know, one has to wonder if the BBC actually have their finger on the pulse these days. Are they so deeply buried up their own self important backsides not to realise that such a ridiculous challenge can only add insult to injury for those poor debt ridden souls who are drip dripped even further into debt by being forced to pay a license fee for a service that they have no choice but to pay for whether they like the service or not (which is increasingly not these days).

Posted by JohnJo at January 28, 2004 01:24 PM | TrackBack