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'Scandalous': Anger as BBC 'refuse to cover' anti-Brexit rally in London (www.thenational.scot)

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THE BBC has been asked to explain why it has not reported on a large-scale anti-Brexit rally in the centre of London ...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Except that's not how it works.

They're not state-owned they're state-funded, there's a difference.

If the state owns a public park like a national park they're not allowed to just say oh will we own it so we can tear it all down and build a shopping mall on it. Funding it is not the same as owning and controlling it.

So yeah there is something for them to answer. Because they are violating their mandate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The government do appear to have a hand in picking board members and executives though, and it’s regulated by the govt-appointed body Ofcom.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64383742

(And yes, I’m aware of the irony of posting a BBC news link)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes but it's not supposed to, it's not expected to be a government mouthpiece.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, so government owned

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just because that's not how it works hasn't prevented conservatives from trying to control them.

See Stephen Harper's efforts to control the CBC in Canada when he was PM, and Pierre Poilievre's (same party) promise to scrap it entirely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes, because funding never comes with any strings attached.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Not legally.

They are supposed to be impartial if the government do something stupid (I know hard to believe) They're supposed to report on it.

There's a whole thing where the conservatives have put Stooges in place. Trying to turn the BBC into agovernment propaganda platform isn't actually legal. So yeah it's a surprise it is happening.

The original comment seems to suggest that no one should be shocked that the BBC is government controlled but actually it is pretty awful and shocking. It is a surprise, and it isn't something to be expected as the comment seems to suggest it should be.