BBC News written quality becoming woeful

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I've always and only ever checked the BBC for news, in more recent times their news app. I guess it comes from only watching BBC News as a kid and I like the idea of them not being owned by anyone who may want to sway headlines.

Avoiding some of the horrible, low-brow content like terribly produced videos - I don't overly mind these as they're easily avoided - the general written quality is becoming worse and worse. Almost every article has a mistake and some are just drivel to the point where it boggles the mind how it wasn't picked up by whatever spelling/grammar check they use.

This photo caption for instance:

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(http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42494195)

Has anyone else noticed this? Are other news outlets the same or is the BBC particularly bad?
 
Lack of sub-editors and pressure to get things written in double quick time. Agreed that it is poor for a major news source.
 
The quality of news period is woeful on the BBC especially their News Channel where you will be hard pushed to get more than 25 minutes in any one hour the rest of the time will taken up with the weather, a look back at stories from the past and even a travel show. Oh and if trump should break wind then the rest of the world will need to wait as there will be wall to wall coverage, the BBC so loves the good ol US of A.
 
Funniest thing about BBC News is the bit at the bottom which says "Why you can trust BBC News".

First time I saw that I literally burst out laughing :D

Reminds me of Derren Brown where he goes "You can trust me 100%" and then he lies right to everyone's faces :D
 
I've noticed it - up until a year ago it was very rare to find a mistake and the quality of grammar, etc. was far above my own - there seemed to be a standard most articles, etc. were written to which made them clear and easy to read. There has been a marked decline to the point several times recently I've noticed a spelling mistake or even I have winched at the grammar or had to read a headline or paragraph 2-3 times before I've quite got the sense of it.
 
Erm, what is wrong with the entire caption you posted ?

I see a dubious use of the word 'headed' and a rogue colon -

You could have quoted just the top line. Hardly a massive example of poor journalism
 
Lots of people complaining about salaries at the BBC while not understanding that there is in fact a market for talent, and if you don't compete on money then you'll get rubbish talent
 
Anyone with GCSE grade C or above in English ought to be aware of, and able to fix those errors to be fair. You don't need to be Pulitzer Prize standard to spell correctly, especially with the correction systems on software.
 
Brizzles said:
Erm, what is wrong with the entire caption you posted ?

I see a dubious use of the word 'headed' and a rogue colon -

You could have quoted just the top line. Hardly a massive example of poor journalism
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Spot the guy who can't read.
 
Brizzles said:
Erm, what is wrong with the entire caption you posted ?

I see a dubious use of the word 'headed' and a rogue colon -

You could have quoted just the top line. Hardly a massive example of poor journalism
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Are you joking? Or have you just not read the actual caption? "Wolves fans publicly let their head coach Nuno how much they love him ever week".

Roar87 said:
Lots of people complaining about salaries at the BBC while not understanding that there is in fact a market for talent, and if you don't compete on money then you'll get rubbish talent
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I think that still applies here; I would hardly class a junior journalist as talent, nor would the salary argument come anywhere near their pay grade.
 
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