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But are Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index, the Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index, the European Journalism Centre’s Media Landscapes Report, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and UNESCO's framework also all US government funded with studies showing they’re biased towards countries that are aligned with US foreign policy?

Missing the forest for a tree a bit here.

Public media[0] is not State media[1].

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_broadcasting

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_media

They are all biased, but you have to start somewhere. The alternative is doing nothing.

Might want to read the article more carefully.

"This policy will not apply to taxpayer-funded entities, including independent public broadcasters"

"independent"

Seems like a pretty big loophole for a bad actor to jump through.

this is the BBC clause, nobody's jumping through!