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Here in Canada, we have two state sponsored tv stations, in English the CBC and in French Radio-Canada. Those two state stations ( paid by us tax payers without our consent ) are as much “woke left” as CNN or MSNBC but then again over 90% of the big Canadian media ( CTV, Global, TVA, etc ) are ” woke… Read more »
What part is the BBC objecting to? The government funding part? Thats demonstrably true. Or is it being called media. I can see an argument for that….
Who cares? BBC is government funded media.
The BBC, NPR, Voice of America, and PBS are all government-funded media and over 90% of their programming is Pure Propaganda.
The Mainstream Media is 75% Propaganda, Local News is 50% Propaganda, and even Conservative Media is at least 25% Propaganda.
I just don’t like that NPR, Voice of America, and PBS are funded with my tax dollars.
New bumper sticker: BOYCOTT government funded media. It WILL poison your mind.
Same battle in Australia with the ABC radio and tv. Very liberal bias and we all get stuck supporting it.
It was bad even under a very conservative government. Basically such are sacred cows. Those that run public stuff seem very arrogant and self-entitled, and don’t want to be questioned by the very people who pay them.
High time someone labels them for what they are.
Sacred cows