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Hear plenty of people here complaining about cuts, budgets, cutbacks…

BBC News remains better resourced than its commercial rivals.

It may well be, but it also does much more than most rivals.

Regarding “viral moments”, too, there was also that time Carrie Gracie revealed her salary live on air (at a time before the famous BBC List existed) and I remember that caused quite a stir, even though it was pre the “social media virality” age. It was well covered by the newspapers, especially (again, more people read the papers then).

So there have always been “moments” on the channel. Let’s face it, even the camera bloopers were (in moderation) a bit of fun for similar reasons. Partly, it was the human element of the channel. Presented by real people and not automatons (as presenters are now forced to be with a single locked-off shot).