Mainstream media clearly labelled their adverts (and BTW the BBC doesn't carry them at all). They also don't carry fake reviews. Fake reviews are the kind of thing that made money for Hacker X.
Doesn't matter. The beeb carried fake-news, though. And isn't neutral. At least not nowadays. Maybe that was different a long time ago. Why is it so hard to accept that you can't trust anyone? Is there an urge to believe which I seem to lack?
The BBC is right now an arm of the Tory government with very little editorial independence. I hope a future Labour government swiftly replaces the editorial staff to ensure independence and institutes mechanisms to prevent such hijacking from ever happening again.