31-12-2022, 09:46 PM
(31-12-2022, 09:26 PM)cityprod Wrote:(31-12-2022, 05:56 PM)all new phil Wrote: Good grief I can’t cope with the level of hyperbole here. The channel is one small part of the wider BBC News operation. They aren’t shutting the whole organisation down.
They've gradually wound down BBC News, to where it is a mere shadow of its former self. It feels like they are putting less effort into the BBC News channel, than RTE do with their News Now service. And BBC have way more money available to them even now.
At one time, BBC News felt like the engine room of the whole BBC. Now it feels like an unloved red-headed stepchild that they just can't admit is the unloved red-headed stepchild and still want to pretend is the powerhouse it used to be. That's what makes the current BBC News situation hurt so much. We know they can be far better than this, but they just don't seem to care.
That is so sad for an organisation that used to be regarded as the rolls Royce of broadcasters around the world. In other words one everyone loved and respected.
It certainly doesn't feel like that today.