MPs called for #RussiaToday to be banned as it is state-sponsored. Like the #BBC?
Propaganda: UK MPs want you to think it is only broadcast by foreign state-owned TV channels like Russia Today. What about the BBC?
This is just a quick post in response to a well-placed observation:
Have to laugh at MPs calling RT as a propaganda machine for Russia yet deny that BBC is a propaganda machine for England.
— Kenny Paton🏴 (@stockynine) February 23, 2022
It’s true, isn’t it?
Russia today is backed by the Russian government – but isn’t the BBC a state-run broadcaster, here in the UK?
The government here has a huge influence over the BBC – particularly the Tories who have put their people on the BBC board and into its newsrooms, yet still hypocritically claim it misreports them.
The recent decision to end the licence fee – the BBC’s principle form of income – is a prime example of UK government interference that we can all see.
So Keir Starmer’s accusation against Russia Today rings hollow. It may well be a state-backed broadcaster, but isn’t it acting exactly as the BBC has done – but from an opposing viewpoint?
Isn’t it useful to know how other countries are reporting the international issues?
And isn’t free speech still a right in the UK?
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