"Undercover at a 'seduction bootcamp’"
"The peasant whose binge drinking went global"
"'Why I'm desperate to get rid of my bum implants'"
"We spent a morning in Rick Astley's home studio"
"Lizzo credits writer of 'DNA test' tweet after row"
I well I suppose that makes a change from:
"'I’m a Muslim artist inspired by the female body'"
"On stage at a Jewish queer club night"
To be fair I guess having Tor access to that content is probably needed in some locations. I just wish it was presented separately to genuine news content.
If you open up something like the World section (and subsections), you'll get a lot of good reporting.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world
I also find the shows From Our Own Correspondent the Global News Podcast to be world-class news sources.
The main problem I have is not a lack of good content but filtering good from frivolous.
You'll see that in the technology section too.
For every insightful article you'll find 3 discussing "so called "computer mice" are a way to interact with a so called computer"...
So, in a way, if BBC wishes to remain accessible among people who are used to... certain popular British news outlets, it shouldn't isolate itself in an ivory tower. If BBC's domestic target demographics have a poor reading level, that's likely more of a Britain problem than a BBC problem.
There's probably also an aspect of serving populations inside Britain who don't speak English as their first language. The BBC's mission statement[1] also mentions mirroring Britain to the world, which likely increases the need for accessible language.
This is a basic soft power strategy anyone seeking global relevance should pay attention to.
It's not even confined to clickbait, the articles are getting seriously dumbed down too - you'd think many of them were written for children!
And it's not even confined to online - the news section on Radio 1 is an absolute joke these days - if the online content is dumbed down, then this is seriously dumbed down to the point where you'd think it was for pre-school children!