They thought swapping the faces at the top would steady the ship. But the trust has already gone, and once it goes, it doesn’t come back. Right, so the thing about the BBC is that it has survived on its reputation long after it stopped earning it. People assumed it was neutral because it said it was neutral, and that worked for decades. It didn’t have to be trusted. It only had to be taken for granted. But Gaza broke that. Corbyn broke that, long before this latest incident about Trump that has now finally triggered resignations. The quiet edits, the careful omissions, the euphemisms, the balance that always seemed to tilt in one direction. The public learned to join the dots. And once you see the framing, you don’t unsee it, hence the tv licences no longer being paid for and the rise of independent and alternative media outlets and commentators. ...