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The BBC’s bias scandal holds lessons for public service media everywhere
The cherished British institution’s failings reveal what happens when newsrooms become echo chambers.
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This episode shows that the royal charter binding the BBC is no magic bullet for ensuring impartiality.
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It is tempting to see the fiasco engulfing the BBC over sweeping accusations of left-wing bias – which has United States President Donald Trump threatening libel – as just another episode in the Maga movement’s running war with mainstream media.
Yet this is not only about Mr Trump. From here in Asia, it reads as a saga about practices inside establishment newsrooms that increasingly face accusations of bias and untrustworthiness.
