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BBC News chooses advocacy over reporting at COP26

By Tom Rogan

Published November 1, 2021 6:51pm ET

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BBC News chooses advocacy over reporting at COP26 — Essen, Germany - February 28, 2011: Part of BBC site in Internet Explorer browser on LCD screen. BBC was founded in 1922 in London as an independent radio station. The first television broadcast of the BBC took place in November 1936. BBC is a British company. | (Christian Rummel/Getty Images/iStock)

Just last week, the BBC unveiled a 10-point plan to address concerns that its reporting is too often biased.

Funded by a $215 “license fee” that is paid by most Britons who own TV transmission devices, the BBC is a public broadcaster. The BBC’s responsibility for fair and accurate reporting is embedded into its charter. Unfortunately, BBC News appears to have lost the charter and last week’s memo.

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