A person can hold any view they want (organizations such as the BBC aren't people, and they can't really "hold" views, but I digress). I think that if they spre

A person can hold any view they want (organizations such as the BBC aren't people, and they can't really "hold" views, but I digress). I think that if they spread that view, when paid/supported/otherwise made to exist by whatever entity that view is benefitting, it's advertising. And if it's political in nature, then it's propaganda. The British state funds the BBC and relies on it to show the world what the UK is all about, and to me, that's qualifies as propaganda.