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BBC is (always were) pro government. That said, IMHO is the state-of-art TV broadcast network.
by atmosx 12y ago
BBC is (always were) pro government. That said, IMHO is the state-of-art TV broadcast network.
- asuffield 12y ago"Pro government" is maybe a little strong. The BBC is funded by the government under an "arms length" arrangement with license fees; it is (understandably) nervous about doing anything that annoys the government enough to make it reconsider this status. That doesn't mean that the BBC actively endorses the government of the time, but rather that it tends to prefer not to rock the boat too hard. It's never been - and never will be - a hotbed of edgy, controversial content. You could describe its objective as "quality content that isn't going to be hated by too many people".
- gadders 12y agoThe BBC is not pro-government currently, and wasn't pro-Labour after the Iraq War. I think the best way to describe the BBC's bias is "pro-Guardian" (a left-leaning newspaper).