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  • BBC News readers are paid £92k!!
  • CaptJon
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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8045414.stm

    Now that is taking the michael.

    mogrim
    Full Member

    She got pwned!

    nickc
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    Nice money. I suspect a claim for a skivvy to empty horse dung into your moat might get turned down if you’re a BBC news presenter.

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    kimbers
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    hey i already posted this on the mp thread but yeah she was slapped down
    license fee well spent ?!?!?!

    CaptJon
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    Apologies kimbers, i didn’t see it. But i think it deserves its own thread. I’m amazed they get that much. They don’t even do proper journalism these days either.

    nickc
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    I wonder if Frank Gardenerthinks that it’s enough to get shot at for..?

    coffeeking
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    She got pwned!

    What exactly does this mean? Where does it derive from? looks like a bastardisation of porned and owned, neither of which makes any sense in this context.

    coffeeking
    Free Member

    I wonder if Frank Gardenerthinks that it’s enough to get shot at for..?

    I’d happily risk being shot (at those odds) for £92k. Thousands of servicemen do every day, for a lot less!

    CaptainFlashheart
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    The going rate in a competitive market. What’s the problem with that?

    richc
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    its an Americanism, hence retarded, and usually used by retards. Spot the theme.

    uplink
    Free Member

    I’d happily risk being shot (at those odds) for £92k

    What are your skills CK? – I may have leads on a couple of openings for you.

    DrDolittle
    Free Member

    The going rate in a competitive market.

    Is it really?

    Would it not be possible to employ an equally suitable person for that position for, say 50k?

    radler
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    The old boy has got a point and he seemed genuinely shocked at 92k!

    license payers money going to good use?

    paxman is worth his salt, well, half maybe. don’t know about her though. horrible lady.

    richc
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    I don’t see the problem, if thats the market rate, thats the market rate. Its not as if they are allowed to secretly top it up, and then try and hide the evidence

    WackoAK
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    She got pwned!

    It’s from the using a “p” instead of “o” for “owned” – from gaming forums I think. (p is beside o on a keyboard)

    thepurist
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    Remember this is 92K for someone in the relative backwater of the “BBC News Channel”. The presenters on the 10 o clock news must get a fair whack more than that, which seems quite a lot of money for sitting down and reading out what it says on an autocue.

    aphex_2k
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    From typing messages in games when people quite often hit the p instead of the o whilst frantically fragging. Yes, I said “fragging”.

    It’s cos they is l337 innit?

    richc
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    BBC is heavily unionized and they have standard pay scales, so I doubt thats actually the case.

    still makes a nice supposition.

    geetee1972
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    I contest that the salaries being paid represent a ‘market rate’. That implies that the market is operating efficiently and when it comes to the BBC, I doubt it’s anything like efficient.

    In order for it to be a true market rate, the BBC would need to operating on an entirely commercial basis in order to be able to connect the investment in salary with a market return. Since it has no such mechanism (because it’s effectively financed by a government granted tax) it has no incentive to be efficient, hence you get artificially inflated salaries.

    BigDummy
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    Another thing that hacks me off is how much the bloody nurses get paid. Slackers! Could a nurse do a ghurka’s job? Of course not! Then they shouldn’t be paid as much as a ghurka. No-one in the UK is as worthy of financial reward as ghurkas, and they are paid in thin soup and pictures of Queen Victoria. If it’s good enough for the ghurkas then it’s good enough for the nurses. Parasitic, thieving NHS scum the lot of them.

    geetee1972
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    **** hillarious BigDummy! I especially like the reference to being paid in pictures of Queen Victoria.

    Trimix
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    Stop moaning about other peoples pay. If you want why dont you apply for the job – afterall, some reckon they could sit down and read an autocue.

    The fact that there is good money to be made is a good thing – dont knock other peoples luck at getting a well paid job. At least here in the UK you stand a pretty good chance of getting most jobs in a fair manner. Unlike some contries where you need to bribe you way in, or where there are no jobs or they are controlled by a union etc.

    chakaping
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    Sound not working for me. I can happily imagine that he actually says “pwned” to her.

    Think £92k is unlikely though, did she cop to that? Would guess more like £50-60k.

    joemarshall
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    hence you get artificially inflated salaries.

    Are they actually more than commercial stations? Or US TV presenter salaries?

    I’m guessing that newsreaders get paid quite a lot for their ability to say the right thing first time (news is still live isn’t it?) and still look natural. 99% of people, when stuck in front of a camera, they take half an hour to read a couple of sentences right.

    Joe

    djglover
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    Why shouldnt the BBC pay above market rate? I would prefer that they did so we didn’t end up with the kind of dross that Sky and ITN get

    mudshark
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    He seemed to think that she’s paid nearly twice an MP – his maths is appalling so maybe that’s why they get so confused with their expenses? As for journalists harrassing MPs – well that’s what we need isn’t it for a democracy to work in the real world? I don’t think he helped his case at all.

    Also watched Stephen Fry’s bit – I tend to think most of what he says is great but not this – MPs have taken expense claiming to a whole new level.

    coffeeking
    Free Member

    What are your skills CK? – I may have leads on a couple of openings for you.

    Mech/Elec Engineer. Comfortably sat in a meagre wage job currently though!

    nbt
    Full Member

    hence you get artificially inflated salaries.

    Didn;t that Natasha bird move to Chanell 5 news on a half-million pound contract?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Kaplinsky

    No, only £300,000 a year, my mistake. Nice work if you can get it, but I doubt many blokes would be as excited about me reading the news instead of her….

    noteeth
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    Parasitic, thieving NHS scum the lot of them.

    8)

    mudshark
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    The interesting thing is that for the BBC to employ stars it has to pay more than the commercial stations think worthwhile. Also for sports coverage – I’d rather ITV pay for the big sports events and let them earn money from the resulting increased advertising revenue – than pay for them through through the TV license and get advert free watching. Actually, I from a selfish perspective I don’t mind if it’s something I like but I’m thinking of people who could do with saving a bit of cash.

    RudeBoy
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    Whilst I’m surprised that she earns that much (I’m sure there are a few STWers who earn more), I applaud her for revealing how much she actually earns (she does not in any way have to reveal this, as she is not a Public Servant or employed by the State, nor is she elected into an office of power). And as she points out, she uses her own ‘phone to make calls..

    That fat odious slimy toad she was talking to gets many times what she does, without question.

    Meanwhile, Jonathon Woss gets paid £856 million a year…

    Oh, and BBC employees are paid from the Licence Fee revenue, not from public funds (so don’t get yer knickers in a twist!). I don’t contribute toward any BBC employees wages, as I don’t have a TV and don’t need to pay a licence fee. Therefore I don’t care what they earn. Unlike MPs, who are paid from our taxes, which we have no choice over.

    ‘Undermine Democracy’???

    Ha ha! Tosser!

    Notice how he din’t reveal how much he earns a year…..

    Sandwich
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    No chance of a cushy non-exec directorship or 2 to go with the news-reading job though. The radio news bods seem to work shifts and I wonder if that goes for News 24 as well.

    Drac
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    Rudeboy did you miss this bit

    Told it was £92,000 a year, he said she was being paid “nearly twice as much an MP – to come on and talk nonsense”.

    RudeBoy
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    No, is it relevant?

    So he can’t add up propply/likes to manipulate figures to suit his own pathetic argument. Does that surprise you?

    Drac
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    No, is it relevant?

    Well given you made claims about what he makes then yes. Oh and most of what else you posed I agree with and can’t say I was shocked as it’s be revealed before, in fact not sure but some tool a pay cut a few years ago to put them under £100k.

    RudeBoy
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    Oh, right.

    He’s not an MP.

    Large, and quite important point, here….

    mogrim
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    its an Americanism, hence retarded, and usually used by retards. Spot the theme.

    I’d just like to apologise to the thread, in particular to richc, for my completely unacceptable use of the internet slang “pwned”. To clear up any misunderstanding, the message I wished to communicate was my belief that Lord Foulkes was able to score a significant tactical victory during his argument with the presenter Carrie Gracie, turning the tables on his attacker with a most robust ad hominem defence.

    Oh, and to suggest an Americanism is, by definition, retarded – that’s ridiculous.

    Drac
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    He’s not an MP.

    Large, and quite important point, here….

    Oh errrr

    Quick look over there.

    /runs away.

    /creeps back in

    Oh, and to suggest an Americanism is, by definition, retarded – that’s ridiculous.

    Even more so when it’s not an Americanism.

    RudeBoy
    Free Member

    Where? What? Eh?

    Where’s he gone…?

    😉 😆

    Drac
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    I could blame being on nights but it’s more my lack of any interest in politics was nearly as bad as trying to follow a football match on the radio last night. I had no idea who was trying to score goals unless they said the team and not just the player.

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