Corporations often shape the news as well. When I was in college, studying public relations, several of my professors estimated (based on industry experience working with major networks like CNN) that 40% of news stories originate from PR offices. In other words, PR people provide the newscasters with detailed pitches or even entire segments.
I don't think this is always a bad thing, but it's something to be aware of as a consumer of media.
The BBC is in the pay of a major government, yes (funded mostly from taxation), although it seems swayed by the domestic political class as a whole and not merely by the government of the day.
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I don't think this is always a bad thing, but it's something to be aware of as a consumer of media.