The overall content put out by the bbc is still second to none. You'll find lots of reviews here from, how shall we say it, less critically minded folk who are easily manipulated by political agendas via facebook, twitter and tiktok where they likely get their 'news'. The news published by the bbcs is scrutinised and carefully checked. 99.99% of it IS accurate and is generally politically unbiased - the fact both left wing and right wing groups complain about bbc news shows this. The quality of programming is excellent with many shows commissioned by the bbc and then exported to other channels (DAVE etc) and around the world. BBC sounds and the radio channels provide rich variety of music and discussions as well as thought provoking and entertaining podcasts. CBBC is excellent and one of the last channels wher content is appropriate, educational and free from advertising - unlike the unfiltered youtube where many children get their entertainment (I know this as a teacher of 20 years). BBC education, BBC microbit programme, BBC bitesize for learning, BBC maestro series, documentaries are world class learning resources. They also do balanced political coverage in a way that isn't too sensationalistic/hyperbolic and investigative shows like panorama which usefully expose all sorts of wrongdoing in the world. There is also BBC world service and excellent journalism from around the world which I believe is important. The quality of the production for various sporting fixtures, wide array of channels combined with everything mentioned above is really, really good and it is unlike anything else offered in other countries around the world. The BBC is widely respected in many, many other countries. It has it's flaws and if it is too be taken seriously as funded by public money then I do think that tax payers have a right to know the top 50 biggest salaries and not hidden away by production companies. After all, politician, teacher, civil servant, police salaries can easily be found publicly (to a degree). For me, despite one or two minor flaws, I still rate the BBC highly as a parent as I know the quality programming and resources it represents from my young daughter and that it is the probably the closest thing to impartial in terms of news and politics.
