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Internally in the UK, the BBC brought in quota to hire more right wing comedians after it was found they aren't funny
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/01/rightwing-comedians-not-funny-enough-for-bbc-shows-says-insider
This was by Tim Davie the director general, a very generous Tory donor
https://www.thenational.scot/news/18990557.boris-johnson-appoints-tory-donor-chairman-bbc/
The BBC has been fully captured and the stuff that comes out of it is as biased as any of the right wing media outlets (which is pretty all major outlets now), but done in a plummy(1) way that seems to get past a lot of peoples bullshit detention
Does that leave us with only the Guardian?
Guardian isn't great either imo, I'd say centre right, some discussion below
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-reason-that-many-people-think-The-Guardian-is-a-left-wing-newspaper-Did-it-always-have-this-reputation-or-has-it-changed-over-time