"The Guardian has been told the board member that “led the charge” over the letter’s claims was Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s former communications chief who also helped to found the rightwing news channel GB News.(…)
But many say the events of the past week also have to be seen in the context of a wider political effort to shift the BBC’s reporting to the right on key issues.(…)"
Note: apperantly this is what the Guardian was told by BBC insiders, so I marked this as [Opinion].
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Same thing has been happening in Australia.
Murdoch’s organisations (nearly all the newspapers & TV) take every opportunity to criticise and attack the ABC (Australia’s public broadcaster, equivalent to the BBC). The constant claim is that they are biased and left wing, even though a number of studies have shown that their reporting is neutral.
The last couple of Chairman of the ABC have been ex-Murdoch employees. So they are now being attacked from inside as well. Cuts have been made to news, current affairs and investigative journalism shows.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they sold off Bluey.
Same thing happening here in Canada with the CBC and the Conservatives.
Seems to catch on with 5 certain companies, housing issues, healthcare issues, too much immigration issues, etc.