BBC.. time to call it a day ?

love the Bbc- not perfect but more reliable than most news outlets and in the present times I would be really upset and worried to lose it

Their news is hugely biased and has a strong bias towards certain groups eg very anti women and anti Israel. The news has an obsession with drag queens and just doesn’t report things that doesn’t fit with its ideology. I object to paying for it. I am enjoying the Olympics but I think it’s time for it to be paid for by advertising.

Every organisation in the world will be the same. There are abusive people in positions of power everywhere sadly.

I only really watch and listen to bbc tbh (apart from masked singer on itv).

I'm not. It's so limited. I kept getting really into something and it would randomly cut to a different sport or people commentating. Ended up paying for discovery plus for decent coverage.

Increasingly, with such high political and polarised debate and world conflict, it's essential for members of the public to have access to accurate, trustworthy and robust journalism. The quality of the BBC compared to other worldwide broadcasting is unparalleled. So yes, being 'less shit' matters, if you feel the need to put it that way.

No organisation – ever – will be perfect, and it's important to realise that the BBC comes up against greater scrutiny than any other media organisation in the country – if not the world. And it's been long documented that viewers with the strongest political views (in any direction) are most critical of the BBC's impartiality. As political polarisation is generally increasing, it makes sense that these criticisms of impartiality are also.

Something I think the BBC needs to better achieve is diversification of broadcasting, with a larger scope of reporting from people who understand regional issues at greater depth. And this is something that the Director General has also acknowledged.

New right-wing obsession. They think equality policies are bad. In fact this latest fad of theirs is just a cover for racism and misogyny.

A few years ago you had no choice but to the pay the licence fee to fund the BBC if you wanted to watch Coronation Street, or the X Factor or Taskmaster or Big Brother.

But nowadays you are completely free to unplug your aerial, cancel your licence fee direct debit and watch your favourite ITV/Channel 4/Channel 5 shows on their apps. What's stopping you?

It's worth it for Ceebeebies alone.

The BBC has a lot of problems but their radio content is unparalleled.

Maybe the OP is a shill for GB News?

Not quite sure why you are blaming the BBC for mistakes that happened everywhere. For example the Strictly abuse clearly not OK, but unlike Love Island or Jeremy Kyle people haven't killed themselves afterwards. The BBC don't have a monopoly on this kind of stuff. Big name presenters or celebrities who have engaged in criminal behaviour can also be found on other TV channels. Cover ups are alleged to have happened in big businesses and governments all over the world. Call out the bad behaviour, deal with anyone involved in negligence or a cover up, but don't just throw the whole lot in the bin because of some problems that all organisations have to deal with.

You can choose not to pay for and watch the BBC. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Why are we lucky, and in what way is the BBC balanced and impartial? What is the international benchmark for its purported fabulousness?

Is it just because British telly is less shit than most foreign channels?

you do have that option

The BBC is something we should be immensely proud of and is revered around the world. Look at the mess that is created with partisan news channels - Fox News etc and creeping in here either GB news.

They cannot police thousands of staff and what they do in their own free time and of their own volition. You would need to apply the same logic to all businesses, which would be a violation of personal privacy and a ludicrous expectation.

They have already said they would have sacked him had he been charged, they like all employers, must follow legal process or they would be beset by employment tribunals.

As usual, the 'defund the BBC' specious argument, which has nothing to do actually do with the matter at hand.

I'd like to have the option of choosing to pay to watch the BBC. If that was available I'd happily never watch it again. It's outdated and overpriced and full of scandal.

The BBC is about the best free educational resource in the world, literally tens of millions of children need it to stay open, including most schools in the UK

Would be abolish Royal Mail because they hounded several people to their death? Would we abolish the office of Prime Minister because of Boris Johnson's behaviour (I am certain none of it involves children though)?

I want a better BBC, not no BBC.

That isn't the fault of the BBC - they (and national broadcasters globally) have been given extremely limited rights to Olympics coverage.
Discovery Plus is the official broadcast partner and the BBC (and other national broadcasters globally) are only allowed to show a fraction of the action. For the BBC that's no more than 2 live streams at any one time and only a small amount of the highlights.
It IS shit, I agree. But it's the Olympics have made it that way by choosing one pay-to-view official broadcaster, not the BBC.

It wasn't until today that we found out he was actually guilty of something. And the thing he's guilty of is not the thing he was originally suspended for.
The thing he's guilty of was only found out because the police weee investigating someone else who happened to have been in contact with Huw.

Anyway, employers can't immediately sack or stop paying employees because they have been suspected of doing something.
We are lucky enough to live in a country with good employment rights. You have to wait until someone has been charged and/or found guilty.
Imagine the furore if Huw had been sacked and then found to be innocent of any crime.

I love Radio 4 and think it's worth the licence fee in itself (even though it's not for radio), it entertains, educates and informs me so much! And I like 6 Music as well and there's lots of good TV too.

No.

What’s wrong with their DEI policy?