>> If it wishes to occupy the same space as other broadcasters and media organisations, then
>> it should have to fund itself the same way that they do. If it wishes
>> to retain state funding then it needs to sort itself out and be the bastion
>> of truth it pretends to be. The higher levels of the BBC are unbearable in
>> their smugness and conceit in their pride of being "The Nation's Broadcaster". It should be
>> embarrassed about the quality of it's reporting and it's lack of journalistic integrity.
I understand your angst against the superior smugness of the BBC, I have experience of it myself working with them at Wimbledon, I share your contempt for their senior managerial attitude.
However, If I want some semblance of balanced reporting about anything, I'll far sooner trust the BBC than any other news organisation, they have been caught out far less than any other in every form of media across every genre of news or information.
At the end of the day, Every political party in the UK complains the BBC is biased against them. That to me is a comfort.
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