Peter Waite shared: “The BBC needs to wake up to reality. It’s not just the younger audience deserting it. People are thoroughly fed up with being treated like nursery school children and spoon-fed a load of divisive rubbish.”
Keith Taylor described how they “find much of it impossible to watch it listen to without being angered by an obviously woke agenda that is clearly steered towards popular narratives away from those of the majority of the indigenous population”.
Nicholas Morley said: “Get rid of your arrogant and politically biased woke presenters and you might begin to get somewhere.”
Similarly, Andrew Kevill recommended the BBC “recruit people in senior managerial, policy-making and editorial roles – especially in news – who personally believe in objective and politically neutral reporting of news”.
Mr Kevill continued: “‘Neutral’ should be calibrated against the culture of the nation – which is not the culture of middle-class, Left-wing London.”
Likewise, Lesley Hannell said the broadcaster “no longer just entertains, it feels it has to ‘educate’ as well – according to its own narrative. It claims to reflect public consensus but that is not the case.
“The BBC is out of touch with the public and just comes across as patronising.”
Other Telegraph readers called for higher-quality programming.
Simon Collins explained how “myself and nearly all my friends no longer watch BBC due to poor quality and internet alternatives such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc”.
William Edwards weighed in, stating the BBC “used to be very good at drama, both on the TV and radio”, and recommended it stop “trying to be preachy and focus on quality”.
Moira Chestnut called for “nature programmes”, as she recalled the broadcaster used to offer “a variety of programmes that didn’t always seem to be pushing a London-centric viewpoint”.
Chris Hunter missed the BBC’s “large numbers of foreign correspondents who lived in the countries they were reporting about, and were capable of providing high-quality reporting from foreign parts.
“I also enjoyed being able to listen to World Service when I was travelling abroad.”