Yes. It depresses me no end that this comes from the BBC. How predictable. You can argue that the Californian sun-always-shines mentality is unrealistic, but you can't argue with the results it generates. Perhaps the British attitude is just normal and not anything in particular, but compared to the attitude of the people at the top it's a culture of defeatism.

I think it may also be reflective of the culture and mentality at the BBC specifically, though. It's well known their staff is completely dominated by Guardian readers. These are people whose idea of success in life is taking control of a powerful pre-existing institution. The sort of people who make wild bets on unintuitive beliefs and end up disrupting industries are pretty much opposed to that value system and it shines through in all sorts of subtle ways.

Sadly the beacon of balanced reporting that the BBC once was is now a distant memory. It's politicised, click bait nonsense just like most of the news on the Internet. So your assessment is more than likely accurate.

That's what I thought. BBC and their likes lost all credibility and the first thing the reader should wonder about is what agenda they are pushing today