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Fed up of the BBC

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Erica56 · 19/09/2022 01:00

Starting to get really fed up of the BBC! I used to be indifferent but how is it “breaking news” that camilla said she will remember the queen’s smile?

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Windinthepillows · 19/09/2022 01:07

BBC has been like this for a while really. Noticed the past few years the news site is a bit daily mail.

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Erica56 · 19/09/2022 01:22

its getting more and more ridiculous! Meanwhile we have a completely new government, cost of living crisis but nothing about it. Makes you wonder

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Windinthepillows · 19/09/2022 01:23

Well it will be back to normal next week so sit tight…

Rummikub · 19/09/2022 01:25

I know. I keep thinking what sneaky new things will the govt be passing. And it’s not being reported.

wAtching e4 now and they’ve removed all the ads as a mark of respect. But are instead showing a sign with that message for the duration of an ad break!

FatOaf · 19/09/2022 01:33

wAtching e4 now and they’ve removed all the ads as a mark of respect. But are instead showing a sign with that message for the duration of an ad break!

Because otherwise they would have to change the schedule and people would complain programmes aren't on at the times they expect. A programme scheduled for an hour on a commercial channel is only 45 min long. They don't have a stock of 15-min programmes to fill the gaps.

Rummikub · 19/09/2022 03:19

I do know that but it was still annoying.
show the ads and donate the revenue to charities as a nark or respect instead.

Sunbird24 · 19/09/2022 03:31

It’s not just E4, lots of other channels too, feels weird

Rummikub · 19/09/2022 03:36

They all could’ve donated so much money for charity

anotherscroller · 19/09/2022 04:16

BBC is now like American rolling news channels, not dignified at all.

RainbowToes · 19/09/2022 07:28

I was fed up with the BBC a week ago.
TV has barely been on.

Roomytrouser · 19/09/2022 07:38

Their news site was really good until about 5 years ago when it went all “lifestyle”. I think they want to capture to youth but the youth will get their news elsewhere anyway - or would have aged into liking the old-style BBC news site….

BewareTheBeardedDragon · 19/09/2022 08:08

Rummikub · 19/09/2022 01:25

I know. I keep thinking what sneaky new things will the govt be passing. And it’s not being reported.

wAtching e4 now and they’ve removed all the ads as a mark of respect. But are instead showing a sign with that message for the duration of an ad break!

I thought parliament were off 'mourning' so presumably not doing anything under the radar?

HelloagainLilibet · 19/09/2022 08:17

Know what you mean, constant notifications over nothing much.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 19/09/2022 08:20

It is rather overwhelming, with a great deal of filler, but in fairness, I think the BBC is mainly reacting to the public feeling of millions of people.

I'm interested in it all from a historical and national perspective (not really a royalist) and wouldn't really expect any different from the 'national broadcaster'.

I can't stand sport, but so many supposedly-important fixtures overrun into other scheduled programmes, even when it's just endless analysis. Surely the game is the most important thing and all the chit-chat about it is pure garbage? But it obviously matters to millions of people who are wanting to experience, celebrate it and just 'live' it. And that happens regularly - not just once every 70 years!

Surtsey · 19/09/2022 08:42

I have solved the issue by simply not watching.

FreddyHG · 19/09/2022 08:50

I've been fed up of the BBC for a while, mainly over their wokeness an that rediculous "We know our place" women's sport campaign.

Their coverage of the queen's death has been slightly too much for me however given the number of people who have viewed the lying in state and the fact the funeral will be attended by a huge number of heads of state and be the most watched TV event ever. You can see why it has had the coverage it has.

dreamingofsun · 19/09/2022 08:53

BBC is well known for being very very biased. If something really annoys you then they have a link on their website you can complain via. Though dont expect much in the way of results.....as i think the complaints section is equally biased.

MusicOfTheTraffic · 19/09/2022 08:57

Please remember complain to the BBC via the feedback form on their website, OP. They'll never know if you don't

I did so last week as their blinkered, wall to wall coverage is so intense.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 19/09/2022 09:00

I'd rather have wall-to-wall coverage of a massive once-or-twice-in-a-lifetime national event on the BBC than wall-to-wall Glastonbury every single year.

Hundreds of music festivals take place every year - some of them really quite big, attracting huge numbers of people - but you'd never know from the BBC that there was more than just the one.

Oldrockingchair · 19/09/2022 09:41

It’s been terrible for a while. I lost it with covid - all that awful reporting of deaths when there were also deaths of cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, etc that no-one ever mentioned. All that ‘essential’ travel when they did the travel reports on Radio 2. Drove me mad. And now this - it should NOT have been the headline story all week long. Maybe today, but that’s it. It’s like the monarchy/covid lovers channel now. Urgh.

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