I have worked for the BBC in the distant past so I declare an interest.
What you see with the BBC ignores what you don't see. There is a reason the UK is the place so many great movies are made, their is a reason so many great documentaries are made and their is a reason why its still one of the great institutions that we the people own.
You can think what you like about its output, that is a personal choice. I don't watch EastEnders, but millions do, I like to watch Bargain Hunt but millions don't, I still prefer the BBC news to any other news channel although I don't mind SKY news.
What historically the BBC has always done well is produce the best technicians in the world, that's why people will come to the UK to make movies, drama's and documentaries because the technicians are the best there is anywhere in the world. It also has the best radio output of anywhere in the world and the crass decision to close down many of the BBC foreign language stations has diminished UK soft power.
Their is motive behind the attacks on the BBC, its because capitalists hate to see a good thing that they cant make money from. They want it in their hands so they can profit from it. The BBC makes profit, it sells programs world wide, if any of you have had a BBC pass card, it gets you entry into virtually anywhere because across the world the BBC is seen as a trustworthy organisation that is a bastion of Britishness.
Of course you could sell it off to a capitalist, who will turn it into another version of SKY TV where watching Andy Pandy costs a tenner, the technicians are paid minimum wage and are useless and the race to the bottom for another great British institution will carry on.
Those who wish to see it gone will maybe regret it one day, because once its gone, it aint coming back.
