Do you see these fights for independence in Chinese and Russian news channels? And do you really think them similar to the BBC and NPR?
Are they the exact same? No, but they're not so different when you zoom out. You don't need explicit censorship when you can manufacture consent at the hiring and promotion stages.
I have a lot of criticism for the US, but the US can at least punish its rulers at the ballot box. The US isn’t chucking journalists out the window or vanishing them on a regular basis. Objectively, it’s hard say the three are similar, as two of those countries deserve more criticism. They are not the same when you zoom out.
I am not an American.
If we're so much better in the west, maybe we can hold ourselves accountable and question our own biases.
Information that contradict their narrative become disinformation or conspiration. Or you get labeled racist/transphobe/Trump supporter at the first doubt
Give me little hope for our country at the moment.
Regardless, I doubt whatever you have in mind is anything similar to an authoritarian regime that literally murders critical journalists and poisons opposition politicians. It is an absurd comparison.
If you've been ingesting a narrative since middle school, and the BBC reinforces it, well that's just good neutral unbiased reporting.