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I'm sorry, but we'd be a hell of a lot worse off without the BBC. For all its flaws, it does a huge amount of good. All reporting will inevitably hold a bias s

by lwhi 4y ago

I'm sorry, but we'd be a hell of a lot worse off without the BBC. For all its flaws, it does a huge amount of good. All reporting will inevitably hold a bias simply because selection of story for time scheduled news will _always_ involve excluding other news items. The amount of criticism the BBC recieves is significant, and it's gone up a lot more recently. I think it's a reflection of the incumbent gov more than the state of the organisation. There are strong forces working against the BBCs more egalitarian aims.

psychphysic 4y ago
No one has a problem with the BBC existing. Just that it is de facto a state funded and government affiliated news agency. One of the funnier stories supporting this is that MI5 had to ask the BBC to stop sending everyone for vetting because it was unnecessary! > when MI5 suggested scaling back the number of jobs subject to vetting, the BBC argued against such a move. Something the BBC lied about repeatedly and only admitted years after other news agencies broke the story. Now it's run by the guy who was the PMs boss and who organised a loan for the last PM. And people claims it's totally independent? These sound like stories about RT. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-43754737 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-43754737