This is not because it is a public broadcasting station, but because today's media is focused on generating profits rather than conveying information, and because it is not a paper newspaper, profits have disappeared.
当時の日本もそうだが、ナチス・ドイツのような独裁国家で敵国放送を聴くこと自体が死罪にもなりえる大冒険だった。逆にイギリスの国民は敵国ドイツの放送(Lord Haw Haw による英語放送や、英米ジャズのナチス風な替え歌をユダヤ人バンド Charlie and His Orchestra が演奏する音源など)も面白がって聴くことがあった。
After hearing a report about Japan`s attack on Pearl Harbor and her declaration of war against the United States, Winston Churchill was fully convinced that Great Britain and her allies would will the war against Nazi Germany. But he was shocked to hear that Battleship Prince of Wales and Battle Cruiser Repulse were sunk by Imperial Navy soon after Japan`s aerial attack against Pearl Harbor.