Doesn't make sense. Perhaps that's* one of the excesses/trivialities that will get trimmed as part of the charter review.

* BBC AUTO seems largely to be merkan content

Had an email this morning from those nice chaps at 38 Degrees asking me to sign a petition about protecting the BBC. I've agreed with most of their stuff over the years, but this seems petulant on their part.

"Programmes like The Voice, Strictly Come Dancing... entertain millions" and apparently the BBC do "important investigative journalism". I don't think reality TV is worth saving and while the news is done objectively, the only investigative stuff I see is on Watchdog. The true value of the Beeb is in it's educational stuff, nature docs and BBC 4 are the only thing I tune in for nowadays. And it looks like BBC 4's going the way of the dodo anyway. :C

The fact that Strictly entertains millions is more a sad indictment of said millions IMO

And isn't the BBC's impartiality one of the points under question?

> while the news is done objectively

Like fuck is it!

Bring back Tommy Saxondale!

Buy it over there, I'll split it with you. We need it. Tell the missus you are only paying for half, it is a 50% discount. You saved 95,000 pounds!!!

I'd genuinely argue that the BBC is one of the best sources for news in the world.

>... one of ...

With whom does it share the position?

I'd genuinely agree. But that doesn't mean it's not flawed.