• Veraticus@lib.lgbt
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    1 year ago

    Couch it? What? You’re just wrong, it’s not state-run. Like words matter.

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      1 year ago

      As a brit, it absolutely is state-run in every way except the technicallity of the employees not being government workers and having a semi-indepdent structure, it is undeniably linked to the british government by nature, history, and practicality.

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        1 year ago

        It absolutely is not state-run; VOA and RT are and the BBC is not. Obviously it’s not totally cut and dry but to claim it’s state run is simply a misunderstanding of its history and charter. As I said earlier, words actually mean something.