Quote Originally Posted by John56{vg}
I am a journalist
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When THAT is the case, who cares who owns them or how they are funded?
To be clear John, I'm sure you know an awful lot about journalism that I don't. Truth be told, arguments from authority are meaningless to me though - so please help me follow your logic.

Obviously the BBC and NPR do not cover 100% of news-worthy stories. Therefore, they must utilize a metric to determine which ones not to cover.

Is it completely irrelevant that they are funded by a government? Would it be irrelevant if they were funded by a corporation or church?

I always thought Noam Chomsky had it right, when he said that BBC anchors don't self-censor; they believe every word they're told to say... else, they wouldn't be BBC anchors.