As each year passes, the BBC News has become less relevant and more immature. Half of some recent news programmes have been full of poorly-disguised advertising for other BBC programmes.
So-called celebrity interviews are nothing more than teasers for BBC programmes.
Even the death of a 16-year-old boy was constantly referenced to a BBC soap.
Regional news slots are used to promote other radio or tv slots.
Where is there any real news coverage on the BBC? Why is our enforced licence fee money used for low-interest programmes? In fact, the BBC News is lucky to get 8% of the population watching. So how can an enforced levy on 100% of households be justified?
Perhaps the most damaging problems of the BBC are the lack of balance in their news items. For example, the attack on Kinsella is paraded as an example of Britain in trouble. Yet we have a 16-year-old out at 2am in a dangerous part of London, at or near a pub, and in a fight.
There are other questions a responsible news programme should be asking. For example: Why was he there? Who was looking after him? How did he get involved in a fight?
Instead, the BBC are more interested in adding a child abuse storyline to Eastenders, which has constantly portrayed a menu of fights, arguments, murder, incest and violence. And all that before the 9pm watershed.
There is no balance left at the BBC. No family values. No positive role models. No questioning or challenging.
And, finally, there is no real analysis in BBC news reports. No historical perspective. No statistical comparisons. Instead, there is a mish-mash of soundbites and soft opinion, knee-jerk bias and overall tone of fiddling while Rome burns.
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