Former BBC presenter Sue Cook criticizes the company for being woken up on Nigel Farage’s TV show

‘They don’t seem to want to question anything’: Crimewatch star Sue Cook denounces BBC for ticking ’embarrassing’ box

  • Former Crimewatch presenter Sue Cook accuses BBC of being ‘awake’
  • She told Nigel Farage on GB News that the BBC used to be ‘a national treasure’
  • Now she claimed it had more to do with ticking ‘woke boxes’ with their cast
  • She said the BBC’s Covid coverage was ’embarrassing’ and unwilling to ask questions

Through Emma Powell for the Daily Mail

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Former Crimewatch host Sue Cook has criticized the BBC‘shameful’ reporting, claiming the broadcaster is “tapping”woke up Boxes’.

Miss Cook, 73, acknowledged that the BBC continues to produce ‘some good dramas’ and also praised its foreign correspondents.

But she accused the company of ‘not wanting to question anything’, especially during the pandemic, as she claimed the BBC is no longer the ‘absolute national institution’ it used to be.

Former BBC Crimewatch presenter Sue Cook has said the partnership is

Former BBC Crimewatch presenter Sue Cook has said the partnership is “not as good as it used to be”. Speaking to Nigel Farage on GB News, she said: ‘You see all the wake boxes ticked as the cast comes in’

Former BBC star Sue Cook, pictured, accused the company of nothing

Former BBC star Sue Cook, pictured, accused the company of not wanting to ‘question’ anything, especially during the pandemic, as she claimed the BBC is no longer the ‘absolute national institution’ it used to be

“Unfortunately, things aren’t looking very good,” she told Nigel Farage on his GB News show Talking Pints. “It was an absolutely national institution and a huge treasure, and I think they still make good dramas, although not as good as they used to be.

“You see all the wake boxes ticked when the cast comes.”

Miss Cook added: ‘The foreign correspondents are still second to none – people like Frank Gardner and Jeremy Bowen and Orla Guerin are wonderful. But the news gathering is really, really embarrassing. And they don’t seem to want to doubt anything.’

Miss Cook co-hosted Crimewatch with Nick Ross from 1984 to 1996. She also hosted Radio 4’s You And Yours and Making History.

She slammed the BBC for its Covid coverage.

“It’s a shame,” she said. During the lockdown, has anyone ever wondered, ‘Why?’ What are the consequences for children if you close schools? What are the consequences for university students if you close universities? Knife crime increased. Was there any journalism about that?’

“In my time we would have found out the truth.”