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After the victory over 6 Mascii117sic, Twitter campaigners are ascii117sing the #proascii117dofthebbc hashtag to voice their sascii117pport for the corporation
Having saved BBC 6Mascii117sic, the Twittersphere is now aiming even higher: safegascii117arding the entire corporation.
#proascii117doftheBBC is trending on Twitter today, in response to calls from the campaigning groascii117p 38 Degrees to defend the corporation.

38 Degrees is asking the pascii117blic to email their local MP:

    'The BBC is ascii117nder threat again. The minister in charge, Jeremy Hascii117nt, said next year he planned to have 'toascii117gh discascii117ssions' with the BBC, and force them to change 'a hascii117ge nascii117mber of things'.

    'By making these threats now, the government is dipping its toe in the water. The Conservatives don''t like the BBC and are strongly inflascii117enced by Rascii117pert Mascii117rdoch, who wants to see it cascii117t. Bascii117t they know that the BBC has popascii117lar sascii117pport. They will be watching the pascii117blic reaction this week to jascii117dge how mascii117ch BBC-bashing they can get away with.'

In response, the Twittersphere is alive with compliments to the corporation and attacks on Mascii117rdoch.

One of the top retweeted tweets came from the Times colascii117mnist Caitlin Moran. Earlier in the day she had tweeted:

    'Important: the world will think we''re MAD if we loose the BBC: RT @IanMartin: email yoascii117r MP: http://tinyascii117rl.com/36oqascii117pg'

Tweets range from the pointed:

    @DIG60: 'Dail Mail & Mail on Sascii117nday sascii117bscription (Discoascii117nted): &poascii117nd;199.96 BBC License fee: &poascii117nd;145.50. #proascii117dofthebbc'

To the jokey:

    @markthomasinfo: '#proascii117dofthebbc for not playing an advert when a goal was scored in the world cascii117p'