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Are you really comparing state-owned agencies to independent media companies?

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How about Radio Free X/Radio Liberty?

BBC is state owned.

It is not. The BBC is public owned.

The chairman of the board, and several other members, is appointed by the UK head of state (the monarch), on recommendation of government ministers. There is also a revolving door between high up positions in the Tory party (the party of government), and high up positions in the BBC.

That screams more "state" than "public" control.

neither is RT. It's owned by a company named ANO tv novosti

Sure: RT (formerly Russia Today or Rossiya Segodnya)[10] is a Russian state-controlled[1] international television network funded by the tax budget of the Russian government.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)

Exactly like the BBC, yes.

Wikipedia portrays it differently, I wonder why.

> Exactly like the BBC, yes.

No, not really: https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/governance/licencefee.

If the state controls funding it might as well be state-owned. Makes zero difference.

"Independent" is a relative term

> Independent

They're not state-owned but they are certainly not independent. All mainstream media is tightly bound to a political party or another. Fox and MSNBC are mirrors of misinformation.

>Bound to a political party or another That's the difference between Fox News and RT. Even though the US president is a democrat now, Fox News is still broadcasting Republican views. But as soon as Russia replaces its president, RT is going to broadcast exactly his or her views.

This is true, but more of a problem than you're making it out to be. In my country all channels are clearly on the payroll of a certain party. For example, if there is a political debate, they'll have pre and post debate interviews with only one of the candidates, make claims of his victory no matter how badly he screwed up, and always allow him to interrupt the other guy. This sort of stuff really undermines democracy.

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