The BBC should report the news, not bow down to pressure groups or report on some inane reality TV or even to report on the opinions of their own reporters.

Firstly, pressure groups, charities, political factions, food associations and all the rest appear to make the BBC report their so called 'news' like a lamb to slaughter even if the 'news' has been around weeks, months or even years! They get some spurious but realistically-sounding statistics, then always make the demand that the Government should do something.

A prime example is that very worthy pressure group Liberty, fronted by Shami Chakrabarti, which asks that the Government should do something about Zimbabwe, Sudan or any other of the places that need help and then complain endlessly about government interference and abuse of civil liberties. She and all the others like her should make up their minds.

The food associations are as bad and the BBC usually follow without checking.

A food group last year made the headlines, claiming their product would help the world, based on a non-scientific study of 85 people who only gave an opinion. And the BBC reported it!

And why is it news that some nonentity has been kicked off a show such as The Apprentice or Strictly Come Dancing or any of the other myriad of self-serving programmes?

Why do the BBC not only report on the main sports, football, cricket and rugby, but on the very minority sports that they have the TV rights for?

Come on BBC, try to report the news.
Richard Cooper-Holmes, Dunscroft Grove, Rossington, Doncaster