O/T:- Defund the bbc.

[drillerpie]

It wasn’t meant to be methodical or rational.

Yeah I know, don't worry I wasn't seriously expecting it to be.

And Christ knows what the Guardian has to do with anything.

The Guardian has to do with it the fact that it is also an organisation that reports the news. One that you presumably read as you link to it sometimes.

This made me presume that you consider it to be more objective, unlike the BBC that you rarely watch or listen to any more because you don't like its editorial line.

[BigFatPie]

Yeah I know, don't worry I wasn't seriously expecting it to be.

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Why did you ask me then?

Bringing the Guardian up in a debate about the BBC is odd because one is primarily a public service broadcaster and the other is more known for its print and digital output. One is supposed by law to be impartial and the other one isn’t. A better comparison is between BBC news and CH4 news, which I do watch regularly. I think CH4 news does a great job in holding power to account, which is presumably why government ministers are banned from going on. The same goes for Newsnight on BBC2 which does a better job than the regular news programmes.

Imo the BBC’s political editor is in the pocket of Johnson and Cummings. ( ie See her tweet regarding Cummings) Government ministers aren’t banned from being interviewed by her. I’m sorry, I can’t give you a more ‘rational’ reason than that, anymore than I give you rational reasons why I don’t watch Eastenders anymore.

https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/bbc-b...inic-cummings/