Globally the BBC used to be revered for a (seemingly) impartial approach to its news. Facts, locations and the incident, who was involved and police reports of what caused it...as an example.
These days it's bad for two reasons. Like every other big news agency it plays up certain things, adjusts numbers up or down depending on the narrative, or focuses in on a really niche thing that will incite a reaction from a certain voting populace.
The other reason is more sinister, and that's what it refuses to report on. Anything with a racial slant is almost banned, or at least played down. Images are cropped to show what they want you to see... there's no honesty in it anymore. And they wonder why people turn away from the news and don't watch it.
BBC is just one example, I know most western government arm news is the same (ABC in America and Australia both use the same template).
Would be great if they stuck to facts and there was nothing "off limits" if it happened.
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