What did they expect? The BBC has been squeezed for every pound it receives and can’t afford expensive sports rights.
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It is not all on the broadcasters though, sports have gotten addicted to sugar hits through hyper-inflated broadcasting deals.
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Agreed, that’s another issue as well. It’s depressing seeing the Beeb suffering cut after cut each time funding renewals are done.
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And it’s the likes of the Telegraph who have been pushing back against the BBC for years.
No detail in that article on what the 8 out of 22 events are too - and sharing coverage varies from sport to sport. In the case of Wimbledon for example the BBC have full coverage with Eurosport just having a small package of highlights rights and possibly the finals live.
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Seems off brand. They’ve already filmed a cookery competition show, Hungry For It, which has been caught up in a rape scandal.
The thing is sport is hugely expensive. And needs to be monetized. BBC cant do that - they cant sell ads in it. And companies WANT to advertise in sports, the Olympics, the football, the Euro cup etc. ON BBC they can’t.
I’m not a huge fan of the BBC. They do very high quality scripted programming and incredible nature docos. But huge amounts of their programming are condescending, patronizing, formulaic formats try too hard to be politically correct and diverse.
BBC News has been particularly awful during the pandemic. Being a huge government mouthpiece for spreading fear and propaganda and generally terrorizing the British public.
News reports were over produced with fear - with patients on life support “acting” and looking down the camera lens to give sound bites like "Covid is a killer’ which BBC would run in opening stings under dramatic music (like Sunrise)
They frequently spread misinformation about vaccines - with guest going unchecked stating that if you’re vaccinate you cant catch or spread covid (BBC Radio 4, BBC One News etc) and also often gave completely incorrect stats on the amount of unvaccinated people in hospitals . They almost never covered into restriction, anti vax, anti mandate protests - and when they did they lied about numbers - they were caught out lying saying “hundreds attended” when vision they rolled on scene clearly showed thousands. They over sought to down play public sentiment against mandates and play the fear of Covid. When case went up it was doom and gloom and the top story. When case went down double the amount, they oddly never mention it. The spread the governments message of fear to manipulate behavior - that was planned by a special unit in the UK govt to do just that - use fear to control people. And BBC went along with it because they want their funding.
They do very little local news. Formats are often formulaic and patronizing. And they are running a huge campaign to get Boris out of office now. I want Boris gone too - he’s a fool. But it’s not BBC’s job to take an agenda against him.
There is not a single show on BBC that appeals to me. And if you watch any live TV at all in the UK - even Sky One or Sky News or Channel 4 or e4 live on a a TV - you are forced to fund BBC.
I think the argument is, if it was funded via a Netflix like subscription - we would then see how many people actually want to fund and pay for BBC content - and we would see them having to react to what the market wants and wukk pay for. Rather than programming for what the inner London elite want
(and I am the inner London elite)
I was a big fan off BBC till I moved to the UK and actually starting sampling their TV radio and news offerings - then it became clear that they have a real agenda in the UK and really push that. I am anti Brexit - but apparently BBC was the biggest anti Brexiter ever in there coverage.
The BBCs job should be to show arguments both for and against Brext. Both for and against mandates. Bot for and against BoJo. And let the public decide. Not take a stance and be Fox like.
You only have to live in the UK a few months and start to follow BBC news online, join radio and on air - to work out very quickly where they stand on most issues. And they are not so subtle in pushing it at you either.
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This is complete drivel. You sound like an appeaser for anti lockdown brigade. Spreading fear about the virus that before vaccines was causing mass casualties? That’s just reporting the facts.
Calling BBC news patronising is inane, all the news apart from 5 on FTA is very old fashioned and they are all almost identical talking down the audience.
The BBC from what I’ve seen here try their best to do proper journalism which involves reporting facts not doing the lazy commercial thing of false equivalency.
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Natalie Imbruglia won the most recent season of The Masked Singer UK on the weekend, but some viewers are not happy.
Natalie will be on The Graham Norton Show that will air on 10 next Friday week (February 25).
UPDATE 15/2: ITV has renewed The Masked Singer for two more seasons.
Series 3 of The Bay concluded on ITV last night.
Seven showed the first two series in Australia but has not included series 3 in its 2022 line-up.
What a load of nonsence.
What part exactly?
Problem is BBC chose which facts to report. When cases went up they’d report it and question why there were not more restrictions. When cases went down it was ignored. Much coverage was given to India, Brasil where things were spiralling out of control - but almost no coverage on places where cases were dropping with no restrictions: Sweden, Florida, Texas.
Despite a ban on family members being allowed intro hospitals somehow every night BBC News (and others) had camera crews in wards with reporters - and patients muttering clearly Produced for fear sound bites while they looked down the lens of the camera.
At Press conferences BBC News continually pushed for more restrictions through questioning why there were not more restrictions and why the government was not going further. They continually asked and pushed for “evidence” to show why restrictions were being lifted. But never asked for evidence when restrictions were put in place.
The almost never covered large protests across the UK against mandates, passports and restrictions. And when they did they minimised numbers and clearly lied.
BBC Radio 4 put to air numerous false claims as stats about the vaccines. As did ITV.
On the day British Parliament gave themselves unprecedented sweeping powers to extend restrictions and not have votes in Parliament (unheard of in hundreds of years) BBC chose to not even remember the story.
The 3rd lockdown last winter in the UK - watching BBC News at 6 every day for 3 months - I truly noticed the agenda they had, what they chose to push - and how they played up the fear. It was exceptionally obvious.
The pandemic has been fantastic for news organisations. Record ratings, record clicks, record engagement online. They’re all guilty of perpetuating it longer than it needs to go on and milking every last ratings point and click out of it. 7 News, 9 News, Fox News, CNN, Fairfax - they’ve all milked this thing and used the pandemic to their advantage.
To pretend BBC News is somehow above this and hasn’t done exactly the same thing is naive. And to pretend BBC News jounros done have an agenda just like Fox is also ridiculous. It’s more subtle. Its not so obvious - but if you watch with an open mind and don’t treat BBC News like some holy grail you will see it.
BBC was very pro lockdown and pro restriction - and amped up the fear. BBC attracts a certain type of demographic to work in their news organisation. And that tends to lead to one type of voice being pushed through news and other content. No ifs or buts about it.
It’s also hard not to notice the type of reporting that BBC News (and others not just them) are doing to try and push Boris out of office. Boris should quit - he’s a liar and he runs a parliament full of sleaze. But its not the job of BBC to try and take him down. That’s what we expect from CNN (Trump) and Fox (Obama)
All of it and your subsequent reply. You’ve clearly fallen for some anti-BBC propaganda, along with the stand anti-lockdown and pro-Brexit nonsense too. The fact you think saying “covid is a killer” is a problem for a disease that has killed millions around the world proves your stupidity.
The BBC isn’t perfect for sure, but it’s repeatedly shown to be by far the most trusted news organisation in the UK (far more trusted than the publications who campaign against it), and as unlike the right wing funded publications which stoke hatred and anger the accusations of bias against the BBC are shown to come pretty much equally from both sides of the debates, which suggests they’re doing their job. Lately there has been a blatant attack on the BBC for party gate despite the reporting being led by the Mirror, ITV and indeed Tory friendly papers like the Telegraph, to the extent the least cultured Culture Secretary in the history of the UK openly said she was freezing the licence fee because a journalist had the nerve to ask questions and not take a politicians lies for fact. Being unbiased does not mean that you must present lies as the truth to show both sides. It also shouldn’t mean you present racism, homophobia, xenophobia and transphobia as a valild alternative view too.
I take it also by your comment that they do “very little for local news” that you bought into the lies that GB News spread that their half dozen or so local reporters, most of whom were sacked within months, would do more to serve the regions than the BBC’s 18 regional TV news services, frequently producing the highest rated half hour of TV of the day, or the 40 local radio stations in England (plus 6 in the nations). To say they’re weak on local news is nothing short of ignorance - but your posts show you are nothing short of ignorant.
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I lose a lot of respect for your argument when you resort to name calling and call me stupid. That’s very telling.
You’ve clearly fallen for some anti-BBC propaganda, along with the stand anti-lockdown and pro-Brexit nonsense too. The fact you think saying “covid is a kill
No. As I said I used to have huge respect for the BBC. But when I moved to the UK and started consuming their product across TV and radio and observing things I hadn’t noticed before, I became more critical. BBC were very pro lockdown - I saw it daily with my own eyes for months on end. Reporters openly called for more restrictions repeatedly - all whilst ignoring the costs of such measures (and I don’t mean financial costs) Brexit…I was not living in the UK, but I’ve read analysis that said they were very “pro stay” and their news content campaigned quite heavily that angle.
For the record. I am pro stay. I am anti Brexit. But I don’t like the idea that the national broadcaster took a stance on such a democratic issue. On lockdowns, I was a supporter of lockdowns 1 and 2. Not of the 3rd. Evidence was starting to mount then as to the distruction of society they were causing.
I am also pro BBC. I believe BBC should be funded and funded well - and it’s vital to have a thriving well funded national broadcaster across TV, online and radio. I don’t even support freezing their funding or winding it back. What I do support is investigating alternate funding models - such as paid subscription and planning a future for BBC with the method that makes the most sense. I also support reform and change in the BBC. It needs a cultural change. They need to start making shows and content for all Britons. That means people who voted for Brexit and people who vote Tory - as much as I don’t agree with those peoples political views - they should be represented at the BBC.
The fact you think saying “covid is a killer” is a problem for a disease that has killed millions around the world proves your stupidity.
First of all. I’m not stupid. Second, BBC should report that Covid is a killer. It is. But what they did was have patients on ventilators look down the lens of the camera and deliver that line. BBC then ran it in the opening sting titles under dramatic music. People being interviewed by a reporter do not look down the lens of the camera and deliver sound bites. That was produced. That was a manufactured moment. That was a reporter telling the patient to look down the lens and say that haunting line. Then an editor chose to use that soundbite, of a patient performing for the camera. Then they added dark heavy haunting music. Then the ran it in a cold open at 6pm. That’s an agenda. That is editing and producing the news for maximum effect to scare people. That is what Sunrise and Fox does. That SHOULD not be what BBC does.
but it’s repeatedly shown to be by far the most trusted news organisation in the UK The halo effect of a well constructed brand. Like most people will tell you Emirates is the best airline in the world. When its not. BBC is a trusted news source in surveys. That does not mean they don’t have an agenda.
Lately there has been a blatant attack on the BBC for party gate despite the reporting being led by the Mirror, ITV and indeed Tory friendly papers like the Telegraph, to the extent the least cultured Culture Secretary in the history of the UK openly said she was freezing the licence fee because a journalist had the nerve to ask questions and not take a politicians lies for fact. Privare news organizations have an agenda. That’s free press. That’;s editorial. BBC unfortunately is fair game. They themselves however are not meant to have an agenda.
the least cultured Culture Secretary in the history of the UK openly said she was freezing the licence fee because a journalist had the nerve to ask questions and not take a politicians lies for fact
BBC should ask questions and hold sleazy politicians to task. I wish they did it more. But they never asked why the UK was following an controversial pandemic approach such as lockdowns that was untested. They never asked why Brits were banned from leaving Britain for 4 months but tourists could come in. They never asked for the science or the evidence to support ridiculous restrictions like arresting people for having a picnic and visiting relatives. When it came to draconian harsh restitutions on peoples lives - BBC had no questions for the government at all. If media stood up and questioned some of the ridiculous “rules” - the politicians would never have gotten away with such things.
Being unbiased does not mean that you must present lies as the truth to show both sides. It also shouldn’t mean you present racism, homophobia, xenophobia and transphobia as a valild alternative view too.
Who suggested it does? Note me.
I take it also by your comment that they do “very little for local news” that you bought into the lies that GB News spread that their half dozen or so local reporters, most of whom were sacked within months,
No, in the mornings we get 60 second local news updates. On the weekends nothing. The BBC London news is very magazine like content. I’m a Londoner. When I watch BBC London News I don’t feel like it it a local news service. It doesn’t have that feel to me. It’s very magazine like and some issues covered are national not local.
False. Boris’s problems are of his own making, not the BBC’s. They’re just reporting the general public feeling.
False. Covid is deadly - and still is. They’ve reported this accurately throughout the pandemic and also given appropriate screentime to those with genuine concern. They had a Question Time full of an anti-vaxxing audience recently for example.
Somewhat true - there hasn’t been enough coverage of the Tories exploiting their power since removing the protection the EU rights given their citizens. It should have been higher up the news agenda - but this isn’t a BBC only issue. This is across all media.
And completely false - you clearly believe the narrative of a discredited culture secretary who made unfounded accusations about the type of people who work for the BBC.
I support the BBC because it deserves out support. It’s not perfect but it’s the example virtually all PSBs across Europe have followed and it’s status on a global platform is pretty much unrivaled, which is why it’s ridiculous so many Brexiteers are so anti-BBC when it it one of the countries strongest assets.
Don’t get sidetracked by the licence fee debate either. The reason they always come back to keeping the licence fee is because it is generally speaking the best model for public service broadcasting. The reality is when the government say they’re looking to scrap it is that they’re only looking at two models - one from Germany which switches it from being applicable to all households with a TV to all households, and at pretty much the same rate. Or the Finnish model which does see the poorer pay about half the previous annual rate - but the richest now pay as much per month as they used to per year.
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False. Boris’s problems are of his own making, not the BBC’s. They’re just reporting the general public feeling.
If you can’t see the take Boris down agenda that most media in the UK has you’re naive.
False. Covid is deadly - and still is.
Again. Who said it isn’t?
And completely false - you clearly believe the narrative of a discredited culture secretary who made unfounded accusations about the type of people who work for the BBC.
I have no idea who the culture secretary is. I work in TV in London. I know the types of people who get jobs at BBC and those who don’t. I also see the content with my own eyes. My opinion is my own.
I support the BBC because it deserves out support.
I support funding BBC but it needs a cultural shift and change within the orgnisation. I want a better BBC. I do not see all viewpoints represented on BBC.
christ, you don’t think he’s done enough to deserve the attention and trust me, it’s not just a media beat-up. People detest him.
And here we have the cause of your concerns.
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Brutal, but also true.