Colin Brazier Says BBC 'Deserves To Be Shut Down' As Job Cuts Loom

The BBC is being forced into what has been described as a radical downsizing. Hundreds of jobs are set to be cut from the BBC News division as part of a massive cost-cutting drive and Michael Heaver argues this is happening against a backdrop of long-term institutional failure.The Reuters Institute's latest digital report shows trust in news in the UK has fallen again to another all-time low of 30 percent down five points and a full 20 points lower than just a decade ago. Broadcast veteran Colin Brazier argues the BBC has shown itself time and time again to be institutionally incapable of balance and deserves to be shut down. The number of apologies the BBC has made to Nigel Farage in recent years, Michael Heaver says, tells its own story.Meanwhile, millions of people are asking how they can be forced through the licence fee to fund a broadcaster they have no interest in watching or listening to. The radical downsizing may be the beginning of a much bigger reckoning.