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I'll give you that they are better than anything going here in the states. In fact, my wife has BBC America on most of the day and that is where she gets most of her news --- besides on-line outlets like this one.
However:
The BBC is a quasi-autonomous Public Corporation operating as a public service broadcaster incorporated under a Royal Charter that is reviewed every 10 years. Until 2007, the Corporation was run by a board of governors appointed by The Queen or King on the advice of the government for a term of four years, but on 1 January 2007 the Board of Governors was replaced with the BBC Trust. The BBC is required by its charter to be free from both political and commercial influence and to answer only to its viewers and listeners. (wikipedia)
Perhaps the BBC rid itself of government control in 2007, but I'll wait and see.
