It forms part of a broader and increasingly co-ordinated assault on public service media on both sides of the Atlantic, with implications that stretch well beyond the borders of the United Kingdom. Her comments were seized upon by the right-wing British press, long hostile to the corporation. The BBC has no shortage of opponents on the British right who insist it is captured by a metropolitan liberal-left elite. Large public broadcasters are hardly without flaws. Public service broadcasters everywhere must innovate and adapt to a transformed media environment.

Source: The Irish Times November 11, 2025 14:47 UTC