BBC was literally threatened with funding cuts if they didn't give more favorable coverage to Boris Johnson and his administration.
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"Downing Street is threatening the future of the BBC by insisting it is seriously considering decriminalising non-payment of the licence fee
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No 10 pointed to Andrew Neil’s on-air monologue in which he lambasted Johnson for his refusal to be interviewed, and the BBC’s “extensive coverage” of a four-year-old boy with suspected pneumonia forced to sleep on a hospital floor – as supposed evidence of anti-Tory, pro-remain bias at the corporation."
BBC was literally threatened with funding cuts if they didn't give more favorable coverage to Boris Johnson and his administration.
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"Downing Street is threatening the future of the BBC by insisting it is seriously considering decriminalising non-payment of the licence fee […] No 10 pointed to Andrew Neil’s on-air monologue in which he lambasted Johnson for his refusal to be interviewed, and the BBC’s “extensive coverage” of a four-year-old boy with suspected pneumonia forced to sleep on a hospital floor – as supposed evidence of anti-Tory, pro-remain bias at the corporation."
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/15/boris-johnson-threatens-bbc-with-two-pronged-attack