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by berdario 1224 days ago
> “They tend to always produce negative pieces about…” is quite an unevidenced statement.

There are whole books of evidence for that

https://www.medialens.org/2017/preferred-conclusions-the-bbc...

> what’s the game plan here if, as your comment seems to posit, there could be (or could be seen to be) an ulterior motive. UK has left EU. Wants trade partners. Not going as well with India as it could. So make documentary to make it go worse?

There are multiple competing interests at play. Ultimately, improving relationship with India (at the expense of burying what I presume is a legitimate criticism and investigation on BJP) is just not worth as much as the alternative.