&gt; The BBC is state-funded, but it&#x27;s output is not state-driven.<p>It&#x27;s amazing how many people don&#x27;t understand this fact. You&#x27;ll see people on reddit compare the BBC to RussiaToday or Xinhua. The latter two are <i>literally</i> government run agencies that specifically exist to push their country&#x27;s narrative of world events out to the rest of the world. The BBC is government owned but not government ran, there&#x27;s a massive difference.