BBC’s Fight with Trump Comes at a Bad Time

Politico: “The dispute — which has been seized on by figures on the British political right as well as Trump and his allies — comes as BBC bosses prepare to embark on a fraught round of negotiations with ministers over the rules it must abide by and, crucially, how it is funded.”

“The outcome will determine whether the storied British broadcaster, once the voice of an empire, survives in anything like its current form.”