“The BBC has been accused of making “glossy propaganda films” for Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and taking money from a “repressive regime”.
BBC Storyworks, the corporation’s commercial arm, has entered into a partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). The broadcaster has made a series of films and written articles lauding the country’s supposedly progressive attitude to women and eco-friendly credentials. These are hosted on a mini-site that carried BBC branding”
proletarianrage on
Genuinely everyone seems to be selling out for Arab blood money these days. It’s bleak.
whyowhyowhy9 on
Honestly I think its time that BBC be privatised with everything but bbc news and parliament sold off
So we can bin the licence fee
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Slapped91 on
Time to defund the BBC, and for it to cease existing.
strongfavourite on
BBC… Propaganda!? well that wasn’t on my bingo card after the last 2.5 years
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“The BBC has been accused of making “glossy propaganda films” for Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and taking money from a “repressive regime”.
BBC Storyworks, the corporation’s commercial arm, has entered into a partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). The broadcaster has made a series of films and written articles lauding the country’s supposedly progressive attitude to women and eco-friendly credentials. These are hosted on a mini-site that carried BBC branding”
Genuinely everyone seems to be selling out for Arab blood money these days. It’s bleak.
Honestly I think its time that BBC be privatised with everything but bbc news and parliament sold off
So we can bin the licence fee
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Time to defund the BBC, and for it to cease existing.
BBC… Propaganda!? well that wasn’t on my bingo card after the last 2.5 years
Of course The Guardian would never ever even contemplate taking Saudi money to print their propaganda, [would it](https://x.com/AbdirahimS/status/971368665177190400)?
If you are a woman reading this you aren’t angry enough.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/03/08/saudi-arabia-law-enshrines-male-guardianship
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/may/28/saudi-arabia-women-girls-rehabilitation-prisons-dar-al-reaya