[Timwi]

> it is unlikely that said media companies will be overly critical of the government.

The (publicly funded) BBC is plenty critical of the British government. The same is true of ARD in Germany.

[djbebs]

Oh please, the BBC is a mouthpiece of the British state

[origin_path]

The BBC isn't critical of the government, it's critical of the Tories. That's not quite the same thing.