The consistently government-knocking BBC would be amused to see itself described as ‘Govt TV’!!
Just because govt-funded tv knocks the current government doesn’t mean that’s not how they get their money.
They may think they are “public tv” like the PBS stations in America. And trust me the shows on PBS are overwhelmingly left leaning. But PBS gets its money from a congressional budget too.
Self-delusion? Self-loathing?
Whether they recognize it or not, their subsidies come from government policies that force people to pay to keep those stations broadcasting. And the other big difference is that in the UK many of the ‘over air’ stations are government run. In America over the air 1-2 stations are PBS, the majority of over the air stations are private.