to say the BBC might be imperfect but

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A lot of people here don't appreciate the value in what they have, and it would be beyond foolish to let this institution be decimated.

When I say here, I don't mean on MN, but in general in the UK

I hate that anyone is making Trump look like some sort of victim, but he WAS taken through an impeachment that tried to state he started an insurrection. And another whistleblower has come forward to say that apparently Newsnight also ran a spliced recording of that same speech, and were called out on it live at the time, and again, nothing was done. I'd say he has every right to sue them if he so wishes.

You are right. Moreover, the recent events demonstrate that the BBC is capable of dealing with bad apples in an expedite manner. We can't expect for it to be perfect all the time but to have a system of checks and balances that ensure its impartiality is great. What they did with Trump's speech was wrong and I am pleased that they they got rid from someone at the top level and not just a midlevel scapegoat.

It’s hardly expedited! Panorama aired over a year ago, Newsnight three years.

The report was sent to the board only becuase the standards advisor felt the relevant committee had sat on it.

Then when it leaked the board said nothing for a week.

The DG and head of news then quit. I guess that’s good? But as far as we know noone gone at Panorama, Newsnight, BBC Verify, BBC Arabic, or the LBGTQ+ news team, who are actually implicated.

And, per the leaked staff call, who do the staff want to go? Robbie Gibb, ie the board member who (apparently) brought this to a head. Pushing out the whistleblower, effectively, the one board member who was demonstrably not group-thinking in response to a crisis caused by group-think.

Yes, this.

Had they taken appropriate steps, it would have bene one thing.

Instead they sat on it, tried to cover it up, and apparently thought that everything they had been doing was just fine.

They were totally unrepentant and had the Telegraph not broke the story, would be carrying on now with all the same crap.

This is just it.

Any story the BBC has now, we should all wonder, is this really true?

We should all wonder what stories they are not telling, and why.

The less we know personally about a topic, the less we should trust them, because we won't have the tools to tell when they are being manipulative.

They have really fucked themselves.

No, some individuals within the BBC made bad decisions.

Will continue to believe the BBC over GB News and the DM!

I take them all with a pinch of salt, even the BBC. I find Al Jezeera to be the most balanced overall.

There are way more options than just those these days - and it's surpsing how coverage on which subjects and how covered varies between news producers - it's honestly quite eye opening.

I don't think anyone's saying all the BBC news output is false but they've had a massive blow to their credblity and have been shockingly slow to address concerns which has further damaged them.

Certainly since covid they've stopped being main source of news for me and gone to one of several sources - which is probably much better TBH - but that happen because they lost some trust - which they've just done again - and at some point if they continue to damage trust they'll stop being a source of news at all for more and more people - making their already difficult position untenable.

Mumsnet is much more trustworthy than the BBC on women's rights.