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BBC World Service facing ‘cognitive warfare’, says director-general Tim Davie

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72% Informative

Director-general Tim Davie gave evidence at a parliamentary session examining the future of the World Service .

He said the BBC is facing a tsunami of bad actors, disinformation and fakery.

Mr Davie said he thinks it is wrong’ to have the BBC funded through the licence fee as it is not fair to the paying public.

He wants to see it instead funded through general taxation.

VR Score

72

Informative language

68

Neutral language

38

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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