The BBC news has been replaced by folks with mobile phones, filming real events with a camera, & beaming it to the world within seconds. State run television should be called Staged Run Television, the dumbing down of important questions that need an answer, the cult of clueless celebrities & the lies perpetrated by those in power is mainstream chewing gum. On a positive note, the BBC world service is actually a service, listened to by most of the world. Another world service that is quite good at finding stories that we don't get to hear, is surprisingly Al Jazeera. If you combine the two, then you get a more accurate picture. Oh yeah, & I quite like Channel 4 news.