There was a time when the BBC was predominant and the was always my preferred choice, whether for television or radio. No longer.
Today, the BBC is dominated by left wing thinkers far more interested in following crackpot notions of supposed equality and human rights, political correctness, promoting social cohesion or multiculturalism and God knows what else. I now watch or listen to their output only rarely.
We are confronted with giggling women presenting most sports' programmes and bulletins, notwithstanding that the sports themselves may be predominantly male orientated. We have women presenting news reports from anywhere and everywhere with often not a man in sight; we have female-only programmes, even though male-only ones appear to have been banned. Our mornings are dominated by drivel from the lips of Jenny Murray, Victoria Derbyshire, Stephanie McGovern, Sally Nugent and a host of other hugely annoying figures.
I have nothing against women and some of those who appear are excellent - Naga Munchetty and Louise Minchin can't be faulted - but others add nothing and take away much from previous arrangements. The lightweight Jo Coburn and Sarah Smith are no substitutes for Andrew Neil; Gabby Logan may know her football but suddenly she is everywhere else too. We have women conducting post-match interviews with sweaty rugby male players - why ?
To add insult to injury, we also appear to have an overrepresentation of stories and programmes about third world countries, customs and cultures. The tiniest 'disadvantaged' or ethnic minorities are given a prominence which cannot possibly be called for. Every left wing liberal cause is supported while every opportunity to criticise the right wing is embraced enthusiastically. As the bastion of political correctness, the BBC has no rivals.
If ever there was an argument for doing away with the licence fee, it's this madcap nonsense. Why should I pay for a pile of tripe which I do not consume ? Why should anyone other than those dwindling few who share the BBC's approach to the world ?
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