There seems to be a clear pattern of negative posts about the BBC. Certain accounts are at it on a daily basis. I find myself wondering why.

Some motives for such behaviour I could think of are:

  • The BBC wrote a story that hurt them
  • Reporting did not reinforce their world view
  • They expected the BBC to be perfect and inevitable failures to meet that standard lead to disappointment
  • They found the style of reporting annoying
  • Perhaps some reporters were annoying

I’m sure that list is nowhere near exhaustive as my imagination is rather limited.

A cynic might think that something deeper is going on, for example, a systematic campaign to erode trust in the BBC. Perhaps such a campaign is not just limited to feddit.uk communities, as mightily influential as they are, and could be happening across social media.

Such a cynical person might further wonder what groups, organisations, or perhaps even states with well resourced intelligence organisations might want to mount such a campaign.

I’m not a cynic, and as mentioned don’t have much of an imagination, so such thoughts don’t even cross my mind.

I’m simply wondering why some people hate the BBC so much. For me it, with all its failings, is one of the best public broadcasting organisations in the world.

  • lizzzy@feddit.ukEnglish
    86·
    10 days ago

    Uk seems to hate itself, the idea that you begrudge the tv license but pay for American shot is beyond me.

    BBC is opppsing trump in A spectacular British fashion

    • haywire@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 days ago

      I am liking the BBC playing the large orange pant shitter at his own game and him hating it.

      I hold all news outlets in the same regard, they sensationalise or ignore when it suits them and are there as Ad space more than anything for the most part. Clickbait. Clickbait. Clickbait. Traffic, Ads, REVENUE.

      The cycle has kinda put me off most news sites/feeds.

    • mjr@infosec.pubEnglish
      31·
      10 days ago

      The BBC buys a lot of American shot too, funded by our so- called licence fee, which is in reality a TV tax. We get little choice in it and that is a problem with the BBC.