Not according to Ofcom. Their report says 54% agree BBC news is impartial which is lower than the figure for ITV, Channel 4 and Sky News.

....so Willy Carson & Bill Beaumont are no longer on it?

Pro USA & Israel

Whether the BBC output is good, or bad, is a personal opinion. The responsibility to hold a licence to view ANY live TV is placed on all of us, irrespective of that opinion. It's our contribution to the funding of our national broadcaster in a way which ensures it remains independent of government.

The BBC is admired by many, and not just by avaricious "luvvies"! It's the independence of government and truthfulness which builds the trust that so many have for the BBC.

The world service is indeed admired, but it's a mistake to suppose it's a separate, standalone service. There is these days only one newsroom. Journalists work for both the domestic service, and the world service. Only about 25% of its cost is funded by the government. The other 75% by the licence fee. They keep that quiet though, as it wouldn't be popular!

Take a look at this.I found it interesting:-

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For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

As my wife works on the front line in our local hospital I get first-hand reports. The NHS isn't broken at all. It's under considerable stress at the moment, and under some stress all the time. Much of that is not its fault. It's much more to do with the lack of social care provision, and that's the result of decades of under-investment. This results in many hospital beds being occupied by people fit for discharge but without a safe place to discharge them to.

Reducing the number of beds has much more to do with improvements in treatments and the consequential massive reduction in the average recovery time before discharge than any desire to just cut the numbers.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

I didn't "escape" to Cornwall. I had long planned to retire here, having enjoyed many happy visits here. I had lived all over the UK, and in the Philippines, but Cornwall was always going to be my preferred final home.

There is no advertising on the BBC in the UK. Which is the vital difference between itself and other broadcasters. Being free of both direct government influence and the need to protect advertising revenue by going easy on those who spend money means they can always tell the objective truth, as they perceive it.

Which they are bound by their Charter to do.

So the idea that they are "focussed on avoiding the truth" could not be more wrong. Precisely the reverse is true.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Wisbech - the NHS is not suffering from underfunding and hasn't done for years - it is how those funds are used that is the issue.
If it were run on a more more business like footing then the care would improve and the wastage would start to disappear.
I also know a few on the frontline and they believe that while it is a great "institution" it is also a busted flush that needs help urgently