I am a Brit living in Europe and my Satellite company have just dropped their contract with the BBC and I now have an American News Channel instead .

What a difference ! The American channel is smoother and more visually pleasing perhaps, but it lacks in depth of coverage.

I am always a little wary of the BBC coverage of things, having lived through the Tahatcher era and BBC coverage of the "troubles" in Northern Ireland. I do, however, feel that us Brits have a lot to be grateful for; they have been setting standards for decades, and have raised public awareness on things from food higiene to Israel's weapons of mass destruction.

I would like to see MANY things changed within the BEEB , but I am proud of it.