The BBC is a partisan battleground – why does Japan’s public broadcaster escape the same fate?

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Title:	The BBC is a partisan battleground – why does Japan’s public broadcaster escape the same fate?
Authors:	Pickering, S Hansen, ME Sunahara, Y
Keywords:	BBC;UK media;public broadcaster
Issue Date:	16-Oct-2025
Publisher:	The Conversation Trust (UK)
Citation:	Pickering, S., Hansen, M.E. and Sunahara, Y. (2025) 'The BBC is a partisan battleground – why does Japan’s public broadcaster escape the same fate?', The Conversation, 16 October, pp. 1–4. doi: 10.64628/AB.73vnefyfe.
Abstract:	Public service broadcasters are supposed to be the most trusted news outlets in democratic societies. Funded through models like licence fees and free from advertising, they are meant to stand apart from commercial media
URI:	https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33072
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.73vnefyfe
Other Identifiers:	ORCiD: Steve Pickering https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1357-2994 ORCiD: Martin Ejnar Hansen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3637-208X
Appears in Collections:	Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management Research Papers * Department of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers *

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