re: #257 Guanxi88

Conversely, a state-supported enterprise has no special interests to which it might be beholden?

Well, no they don’t. In a democratic society, a state run media organization is beholden to the citizenry as a whole. It’s an interesting dynamic, but because they don’t want the appearance of impropriety, they are usually harder on the government.

It is possible to tell any news story from a left wing or right wing perspective and not exclude information that is pertinent to the story. Fox does that all the time simply because of their intended audience.

Their Prime Time lineup is a wasteland of poorly written and factually challenged dreck designed to pander to people with a similar worldview. They make no attempt to actually inform people. All they want is eyeballs. Challenging the viewpoints of their viewers inspires those people to stop watching.

BBC doesn’t care if you watch or not.