As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
Unfortunately it is the end of "our" BBC. I have trusted and watched the BBC for all of my 70 years. For the last 15 years I have slowly, very slowly, come to accept I no longer trust their version of the news and their ideas of fairness. And now, they can no longer afford to make the superb, world beating dramas and new history programmes I have loved. I loathe Johnson and the other over privileged, unethical bastards who have taken it away. Excellent writing as ever Byline Times, thank you.
I'm afraid the BBC is lost. I stopped trusting their news reporting many years ago. My only consumption of their material are selected podcasts, like Science in Action (now closed down) and More or Less. I willingly pay my licence fee to support those parts of the BBC that have.not been corrupted. Their News and Current Affairs might as well be delegated to GB News.
Well researched and evidenced piece. Control of the news agenda has always been part of the Tory plan, and unfortunately under the Conservatives during the last 10 plus years they have succeeded. They have had a compliant press for decades, and it is a shame that they managed so easily to control the BBC.
The structural changes giving them control will be long lasting. It is ironic that this has come to fruition at the time when the Conservatives appear to be terminally wounded. However, I am sure that the Faragist supporters within the BBC will happily continue to prevent any return to independent thought.
Unfortunately it is the end of "our" BBC. I have trusted and watched the BBC for all of my 70 years. For the last 15 years I have slowly, very slowly, come to accept I no longer trust their version of the news and their ideas of fairness. And now, they can no longer afford to make the superb, world beating dramas and new history programmes I have loved. I loathe Johnson and the other over privileged, unethical bastards who have taken it away. Excellent writing as ever Byline Times, thank you.
I'm afraid the BBC is lost. I stopped trusting their news reporting many years ago. My only consumption of their material are selected podcasts, like Science in Action (now closed down) and More or Less. I willingly pay my licence fee to support those parts of the BBC that have.not been corrupted. Their News and Current Affairs might as well be delegated to GB News.
Well researched and evidenced piece. Control of the news agenda has always been part of the Tory plan, and unfortunately under the Conservatives during the last 10 plus years they have succeeded. They have had a compliant press for decades, and it is a shame that they managed so easily to control the BBC.
The structural changes giving them control will be long lasting. It is ironic that this has come to fruition at the time when the Conservatives appear to be terminally wounded. However, I am sure that the Faragist supporters within the BBC will happily continue to prevent any return to independent thought.