> How will this affect outlets like BBC, NPR, and others? They’re state funded, if not state controlled to a certain extent. IIRC, NPR and PBS are primarily fu

> How will this affect outlets like BBC, NPR, and others? They’re state funded, if not state controlled to a certain extent. IIRC, NPR and PBS are primarily funded through donations. Federal funding only makes up something like 10 or 15% of their budgets. IMHO, this is what "state-controlled" media looks like: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1914136/chinas-top-party-mouthpieces-pledge-absolute-loyalty https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/19... > Entertainment, social and international news should be edited in the “right direction”, just like ­domestic news, Chinese President Xi ­Jinping said on Friday as he told state media and tabloids to alike to uphold the Communist Party leadership. > Party-owned media should put political awareness first and let “positive propaganda” be the majority of the public voice, Xi told heads and veteran journalists from media outfits including People’s Daily, CCTV and Xinhua. > “Party-owned media must hold the family name of the party,” Xi said. “They must embody the party’s will, safeguard the party’s authority … their actions must be highly consistent with the party.”