their biased reporting on the Israeli genocide of Palestine is enough to question the accuracy of any news they report. You don't need to report too many lies before you lose all credibility.

The BBC's coverage on certain issues (asylum seekers, trans, disability, etc) has been inexcusably bad and has been for a while. I think it's perfectly fair to hold the public broadcaster to a high standard. The Tories were able to stuff the BBC with their people and the quality of their journalism has plummeted since, the whole thing needs serious reform and Labour don't seem interested in doing it.

I’m not a cynic, and as mentioned don’t have much of an imagination, so such thoughts don’t even cross my mind.

You wrote them out, so the thoughts clearly did cross your mind? I don't even know why you're trying to deflect this, it's not unreasonable to think foreign intelligence would try to undermine trust in the BBC, they'd be dumb not to.

But again, those doing the most to undermine trust in the BBC are the people the Tories put in charge of it.

I'm negative about the BBC because of persistent bias in their reporting caused as a result of the Tories replacing the majority of board and senior positions with their cronies.

Academic studies have shown they have a clear bias in their political reporting. They deflect the criticism by having left leaning comedians which is not exactly a counterweight.

It's structurally rotten and I refuse to pay the TV licence while it is so.

Because the BBC is fucking shit? It's government propaganda disguised as an independent impartial broadcaster.

Yes it makes some good content with some good talent that may make you laugh but institutionally it's anti Scottish, pro Palestinian genocide, downplays climate change to almost denial, and uses false balance to push the Overton window rightward.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC#Controversies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_BBC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_controversies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_independence

You need read any one of those Wikipedia articles to find a list of reasons for disliking the BBC. I recommend starting at the beginning though and going with History first of all.

maybe someone has grown up and realized that the BBC is just as much a propaganda machine as the rest. who knows what their reasons are.

I'm glad we have the BBC and I follow its news, but it has its problems and deserves criticism on some fronts.

Not an exhaustive list by any means but it's very prone to legitimising harmful attitudes by false equivalence, and it's very TERFy/transphobic.

I'm personally not a fan of them for lying repeatedly about trans people and platforming hate against us regularly. They also are completely pro-genocide, which is utterly unexcusable.

I dont have trust in the bbc as an impartial reporter of the news. I dont believe any one outlet could ever achieve that accolade or should be treated as a singular gospel source of truth. They are just one provider and a balanced view of the world needs reading across providers, party lines and preconceptions.

I think they deserve criticism and challenge but not to be singled out for such or expected to achieve unrealistic goals.

It might have something to do with the BBC turning into a propaganda machine for Israel

Look. I like BBC. Many of my friends like BBC. But BBC is not for everyone. Not everyone is as open to it. Thats not a bad thing as long as they allow the rest of us to enjoy BBC.

Uk seems to hate itself, the idea that you begrudge the tv license but pay for American shot is beyond me.

BBC is opppsing trump in A spectacular British fashion

As a long-time radio nerd and devotee of the various BBC radio networks, I have to draw a thick, thick line between BBC broadcast and BBC news.

The news side of things is hateful. Jiving away in the kitchen to Craig Charles' Funk & Soul show, having a good time, then BOOM! a news headline about what Reform will do when they're in power. There's no reason to parrot those awful racist pricks, and they're are far more important stories, but BBC news thinks this is what we should hear. Literally the only time I ever hear about 'small boats' is when BBC news takes the time to tell me about how many of them there are while I'm trying to enjoy some good radio.

The BBC isn't perfect, I know this. But you only have to compare British and American broadcasting to see that it's pretty much the only thing stopping our TV and radio from becoming the same level of dog shit as they have in the States.

The BBC as a whole is great. The news programming though...

It's admittedly still one of the better ones - and on non-political reporting is probably still fairly trustworthy, but it's been shifting further and further right for the last 15 years, to the point where it's just embarrassing to pretend they're anywhere near balanced these days. It spends an awful lot of time promoting Nigel Farage for something which is pretending to be impartial.