[leonixyz]

State-run doesn't mean anything... BBC is also state-run.

It goes to the reputation of the single journalist. In this case the journalist is just citing Frank Hartig, "Oberarzt der Universitätsklinik Innsbruck"

I don't have the knowledge to judge his papers and have an opinion about his credibility, but someone else might: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Hartig

[zwischenzug]

The BBC is not state-run. It's an independent corporation funded by a specific tax.

Governments have always complained about BBC bias against them since its inception.

[orra]

Eh, the UK Government directly appoints some of the board members, and broadly dictates the terms of the Royal Charter and Licence Fee.

Yes, the BBC has some operational independence. But it is fiction to pretend the government has no influence over it.

Government complaints against the BBC are largely rhetoric. The reality is the BBC's most senior political correspondent, and many of their pundits, clearly support the ruling party.

[true_religion]

In a popular democracy, it should never be shocking when the majority party in government receives support.

They couldn’t have become the majority without appealing to people’s opinions in the first place.

[lbeltrame]

Just to contextualize the OP statement for those that aren't Italian, without going into the validity of the quote itself: aside a few exceptions and scandalistic newspapers, the press in Italy is markedly aligned with the views in the government at this point in time (it wasn't like that before the crisis).

[MandieD]

He's the head of emergency intake for the University of Innsbruck's hospital, one of the main medical schools in Austria and the state of Tyrol's main hospital, so definitely not some random crank.

This is the hospital you're flown to if something really bad happens while skiing in Tyrol.