Even radio 4 are getting in on the act. Last week it announced as headline sports news that radio 5 was the first broadcaster to carry the women’s Rugby World Cup draw live. There is a reason for that, no other station or its listeners give a shit about it.It's quite bizarre that there's genuinely people that listen to these stories and intrigued by them I genuinely find it mental, I know people are different but this is one of many things that I find nuts in life, You'd have to be an absolute clown to find this interesting.
As you said the BBC are dripping with this nonsense, It's been forced down people's throats too. They are certainly the worst news outlet out there for this kind of stuff.