Quote Originally Posted by WBA123 View Post
I don't agree with your last statement. The Director General has quite a say in what happens at the BBC.

They will never keep people happy, people on the right will accuse them of being left - and many on the left accuse them of being on the right.

The beauty of the BBC is that it is a British institution that embodies everything good about this country. We need an impartial news service, and one that can scrutinise the Government - otherwise we become a banana republic. I didn't agree with how many times QT had Farage on the program, but understood he had to be on there in the interest of balance.

I have a couple of issues when we talk about the BBC, one is they try too hard to be impartial. There could be 1000 scientists who have an accepted version about something and 1 scientist who disagrees and in the interest of balance they'll get that guy on. This is why Brexit was a disaster for the BBC, they were using people like Tim Martin who in reality had very little knowledge of our trading relationship with the EU on their programs for 'balance'. And their coverage of Brexit, in my view, turned into being a disaster - all because they sacrificed certain credible news elements to satisfy national perception of their impartiality.

And the 2nd is that because they are generally a credible news source, I use them for news a lot - and before anyone comments - they are absolutely a credible news source. It means non credible news outlets will try to discredit them. Hence why you have Daily Mail readers frothing at the mouth about how bad the BBC is. I just find it very coincidental how your post virtually mirrored the front page of the Daily Mail yesterday.

It would be a sad day if the BBC no longer exists. And exactly what these toe-rag media barons want.

"It would be a sad day if the BBC no longer exists. And exactly what these toe-rag media barons want."


If BBC News disappeared it'd be no loss at all, it's overly woke and Left Wing.

BBC would be a miss in terms of documentaries and high quality drama and period programmes but increasingly, the quality in these areas is being matched and often beaten by streaming giants.