• ferret
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    5 months ago

    Doctor Who? The television show ran by the british government?

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      5 months ago

      The BBC is funded by TV licenses to minimize the influence the government can have on it.

      Sure it’s not privately owned (which would mean corporate influence) but to term it as “run by the government” seems a little off.