[kalleboo]

> If governments dictate when media outlets receive funding and how much, then it is unlikely that said media companies will be overly critical of the government

Often public broadcasters are set up where their funding doesn't come from taxes but from a license fee that they collect themselves.

What I've seen in these countries is that public broadcasters still have a bias (due to journalists generally coming from the same background/education/maybe even geography) but it's not strictly aligned with whoever is currently in the government.