• edward@lemmy.ml
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    and reliable reporting as you can get outside the BBC

    “Russian state owned media bad. British state owned media good.”

    I guess you’re just assuming it’s bad based on its name

    No, we know it’s bad because it’s literally run by the US government.

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      The BBC isn’t state-owned. I know facts and nuance are tough but I do mention this in another comment. Go read it, you might learn something!

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        Type: Statutory corporation with a royal charter

        A statutory corporation is a government entity created as a statutory body by statute.

        It doesn’t matter what language you try to couch it in, “state funded”, “editorial independence”, whatever. It was founded by the state, is funded by the state, and is a government entity. If it quacks like a duck.

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          Couch it? What? You’re just wrong, it’s not state-run. Like words matter.

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            As a brit, it absolutely is state-run in every way except the technicallity of the employees not being government workers and having a semi-indepdent structure, it is undeniably linked to the british government by nature, history, and practicality.

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              It absolutely is not state-run; VOA and RT are and the BBC is not. Obviously it’s not totally cut and dry but to claim it’s state run is simply a misunderstanding of its history and charter. As I said earlier, words actually mean something.