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Yes, BBC news has gone way, way downhill over the past 10 years or so. Titles have gotten more and more click-baity, and the subject matter more and more pointless and/or designed to cause outrage. The language of writing definitely changed too - you shouldn't need to read a dictionary to read an article, obviously, but it's like they're writing for a target market of either 7 year olds or imbiciles.

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There is the whole dumbing down thing, sure. But the main issue is that the BBC is ultimately state TV.

The UK establishment have influence on the stuff that really, really matters. Corbyn is a great example. The BBC accumulate political capital on smaller stuff that is unbiased, then spend that to keep people who want systemic change that impacts vested interests.

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