very briefly

effectively closing every TV and radio channel for the rest of the day and then continuing extensive coverage over the weekend and further was excessive and, in my opinion, a defensive reaction to the right wing media who would have pilloried the BBC had they done otherwise – using it as part of their long-term goal of removing the licence fee and thereby undermining the BBC’s funding. A position that many suspect has the support of this government.
So it was not a complaint about the monarchy but the BBCs response to a news story that, while very important, did not warrant the scale of the coverage it got.
Its an opinion - others can see it differently - but I had the opportunity to give the BBC my view as a licence fee payer - so I did.

Posted By: rosarios_school_tie, Apr 15, 19:22:08