O/T:- Defund the bbc.

[BigFatPie]

The irony. Kuenssberg acts as a mouthpiece for Johnson and Cummings and was as soft as shyte on them during the election campaign. Will never be enough though for some people.

[sidders]

I think the key issue for many is the BBC being held up as the shining light of objective reporting, when in reality they are no different these days from the rest.

You don't know what you're talking about. All over the planet the BBC is respected as the closest a media organisation can get to objective truth in world news.
Ask Naga Munchetty or Emily Maitlis about 'the impartiality clause'.
The BBC is committed to supporting the monarchy, social justice and social mobility. What's wrong with that?
Did you see the recent BBC exposee on Amazon? Do you think the Daily Mail or the Sun or the Torygraph would do investigations like that?

[sidders]

Oh you're such a wag, Navy. Isn't it clever to post a funny graphic when you can't find the words?

[upthemaggies]

Used to be a staunch defender of the BBC until the last few years or so. Apart from Radio Nottingham on matchday, MOTD and the odd rock doc on BBC4 I no longer bother with it. Can't trust it as a source of news anymore, I wouldn't miss it.

[BJPIE]

Some good replies here about many of the benefits we get from the BBC. It is a great British Institution which does so much more than report the news.
It does need though to respect the taxpayer and present it's news in an unbiased fashion. However, even though it fails to do that, the whingey arse left can't win a public vote.
Let's keep it funded, just to give the looney left a platform for their anti British bile. Clowns!!

[Evesham Pie]

You don't know what you're talking about. Ask Naga Munchetty or Emily Maitlis about 'the impartiality clause'. The BBC is committed to supporting the monarchy, social justice and social mobility. What's wrong with that?

So I'm not allowed an opinion then?

Having an impartiality clause doesn't make an organisation impartial. Still far too many journalists pushing for a gotcha moment, and presenting opinion without covering the objective facts of a situation. For me its not been the politics but the way the virus has been reported that has grated. Always looking to present the biggest, baddest numbers and often overlooking the encouraging trends in figures which to me are equally important to report. And to still be saying XXX people died today on the news at 10, when its reported deaths, some of which go back a couple of months, is beyond me. You'd have thought they'd have grasped this by now, after all its only been 12 weeks since lockdown.

Every broadcaster does it, but I'd prefer if the BBC recognised what they have become, clause or no clause, and stopped pretending they are still behaving as they did in the 50's.

I could go on.

[navypie]

Oh you're such a wag, Navy. Isn't it clever to post a funny graphic when you can't find the words?

What is a "wag"?

[i961pie]

The BBC produces some great programmes but their news ones have become biased these last few years. Especially question time, Have I got news for you and Andrew Marr etc. To many presenters putting their own political opinions forward instead of being impartial imo.

[TheBlackHorse]

... but one picture is worth a thousand words, Snobhead 2 ...

[sidders]

So I'm not allowed an opinion then?

Having an impartiality clause doesn't make an organisation impartial. Still far too many journalists pushing for a gotcha moment, and presenting opinion without covering the objective facts of a situation. For me its not been the politics but the way the virus has been reported that has grated. Always looking to present the biggest, baddest numbers and often overlooking the encouraging trends in figures which to me are equally important to report. And to still be saying XXX people died today on the news at 10, when its reported deaths, some of which go back a couple of months, is beyond me. You'd have thought they'd have grasped this by now, after all its only been 12 weeks since lockdown.

Every broadcaster does it, but I'd prefer if the BBC recognised what they have become, clause or no clause, and stopped pretending they are still behaving as they did in the 50's.

I could go on.

Where did I say you weren't entitled to an opinion?