Re: State-funded vs Corporate-funded propaganda
As far a "biases" at least the BBC has "no bias" written into it's constitution [we can argue what no bias means to different people].
Compare that [especially during Brexit] to the likes of the Mail, Express or Sun which were biased to the point of rabid extremism.
Or the likes of Fox News in the US which seems to be a mouth-piece for the ultra-right wing gun-toting arm of the Republican party.