Whatever happened over the Panorama programme, the BBC will remain (probably) the most trusted news outlet globally. The World Service and the 24 hour news service are two of our most valuable soft diplomacy assets..
Attacking it – and drawing everyone’s attention back to just how close you came to inciting insurrection on January 6th – is a bit of an own goal.
But is he acting like this because Americans can access the World Service and 24 hour BBC News channel? Methinks he has done his level best to bring CNN etc to heal and has discovered that viewers who are interested in truth and balance will seek it out. And that does him no favours.
Minnie’s Musings 
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