@CEMedia Unsurprising to me that, as you report, the @BBC initially seemed very reluctant to report #Zahawi’s tax avoidance! As AJP Taylor wryly remarked, [former Director General] Reith had
"managed to preserve the technical independence of the BBC by suppressing news which the government did not want published. This set a pattern for the future: the vaunted independence of the #BBC was secure so long as it was NOT exercised" #BBCPropaganda #EstablishmentMedia #StateBroadcaster