When I was a lad, the BBC news lasted for about 10 minutes. They reported just the news from the studio with occasional reports from their correspondents on the spot. Additional programmes, such as Panorama then took a news story and gave opinion on the story -they were known as "current affairs" programmes. In these days of 24 hour news, the journalists have become more self important, and their opinion is now taken as news - this is furthered by our politicians who now use opinion to "spin" their message rather than let facts get in the way. I despair at the headlines of a "report that will be published later today". It has all become rather mixed up.
The BBC needs to redefine its programmes to allow those of us who just want to hear the facts to do so. Unfortunately the nanny state will not allow this - how dare we make up our own minds when we should be thinking along the same lines as our so called leaders. George Orwell got it right in "1984". Politically correct new speak and Government spin have taken over from giving us the news in its purest form - just the verified facts as they happened. Please BBC, treat us as adults and let us make up our own minds rather than telling us what to think.
