Independent readers are divided on whether the BBC licence fee is value for money.
Some people are commenting that the BBC is now a shell of what it used to be. I agree but would say that it has been forced into this position, largely by the government. Government has slashed funding and increased the burden on the BBC. E.g. the world service used to be funded from military budgets, the most visited website in the world now carries a fraction of content (and pages translated to local languages). Local radio is currently being decimated. The free TV licences for pensioners... I could go on. All of these, and more, have served to reduce its value and reach as a public service and trusted broadcaster. Incredibly, all of this despite appointing supportive, government cherry-picked, leaders for the BBC. So, yes it is increasingly struggling to maint
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