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Re:Updating our advertising policies on state media by agdpf on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:28PM (#20740954)
>So quite probably no, since the BBC is an independent public broadcaster (much like NPR in the US) - it is state funded but not directly controlled by the state; it maintains editorial independence.

I don't work in the BBC but it usually works like "you have editorial independence but if you don't say what we want you'll see what happens to your budget"

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Re:Updating our advertising policies on state media by scottishfiction on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:51PM (#20741170)
I do work at the BBC and the ‘budget’ isn’t controlled by the government to the degree you imply. Negotiations around the BBC’s funding situation and remit occur every 11 years [1], which somewhat transcends the political tit-for-tat you are alluding to.

https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Sum...

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