The BBC‘s chief executive, Russia – Media – Society”>Tim Davie, has issued a warning that should be heeded. He explained in a recent forum that both Russia and China are devoting large amounts of money to making their state media, famous for fake news that they emit, have a great influence on the continent. And that this happens while the BBC World Service contracts, the result of cuts experienced by the British public corporation. As he lamented, the difference in investment is several orders of magnitude. Davie’s speech probably has a high dose of catastrophism, since this allows him to ask for the support of an outdoor antenna to be maintained, which, a couple of years ago, closed 382 broadcast posts. And there will be no shortage of voices accusing the British service of also succumbing to spurious and biased interests. The conflict between Israel and Hamas has earned him cross-accusations of partiality. But, even with these considerations, the idea that Russia and China are advancing their geostrategic agenda while the BBC retreats should be worrying: you can’t draw a symmetrical equivalence between them, especially on the issue of independence.
