Bbc Controversies

Twitter labels BBC as ‘government-funded media’: Who owns UK’s national broadcaster?

Is the BBC funded by the UK government? Twitter thinks so. But the Corporation is primarily funded by households in the UK via a licence fee and the rest comes from commercial operations. The BBC Charter says it is independent and has complete control over its editorial decisions

BBC and Bias: The Modi documentary, the ‘prejudiced’ lens on India, and other controversies

‘India: The Modi Question’, the controversial documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots, is not the first time the BBC has triggered an outrage in the country. Earlier, ‘India’s Daughter’, a film on the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder was banned. During the Emergency too, BBC broadcast was restricted