Britain’s Government Just Told Facebook to Promote the BBC and the Network’s Own Record Makes That Terrifying
The BBC fired two of its top executives last November after it doctored footage of Trump's January 6th speech to make him look guilty of inciting a riot.Now the British government wants Facebook and YouTube to push that network into your feed whether you want it or not. That's the model the American left is watching.
According to London's Daily Telegraph, Downing Street is preparing to hold talks this week on a plan to require social media companies to actively prioritize content from government-approved outlets – the BBC, Channel 4, and ITV.
The justification? To help British citizens "discover trusted news sources." That's the actual language used by anonymous sources inside the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The government says legacy outlets have lost popularity because of social media algorithms – not because viewers are choosing something else.
That's the tell. When the audience walks away from your product and your answer is to force them back, you've stopped believing in journalism and started believing in propaganda.
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