The BBC's decision to snub its core audience will only hasten its demise

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The BBC's decision to snub its core audience will only hasten its demise
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Scrapping pensioner perks and pandering to younger demographics with vapid “yoof” content only compounds the sense of the BBC's skewed values, writes Madz_Grant

The other day I helped my mother put out beer for the slugs who’ve been ravaging her seedlings. One by one they clambered into the bowl, drawn to the fatal beverage, and drowned, drunk and happy. As we disposed of the casualties, I was irresistibly reminded of the BBC, whose recent output has left me wondering whether it has a similar death wish.

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