A certain ‘Mark’ wrote in to Malaysiakini clarifying BBC’s supposed partiality towards the British government, noting that:
On the contrary, the BBC board is appointed by the government, its licence and budget comes up for review every few years, and it has demonstrably bent over backwards to keep the government happy. What shred of dignity it once had disappeared with its appalling (and appallingly ongoing) non-coverage of the Iraq war.
Media studies consistently show the BBC to be the most pro-government of broadcasters. For example, in the lead up to the Iraq invasion it virtually barred sane anti-war voices from its screens (there’s plenty of evidence, see the Glasgow and Cardiff Universities studies for examples).
