Is the BBC meeting its international news remit – and why should we care?

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Is the BBC meeting its international news remit? On the evidence of this study, the BBC’s social media channels appear to be far more effective than BBC News at Ten at ‘help[ing] people understand and engage with the world around them’ in all its complexity and diversity. Given this, it is vital that the BBC’s new charter places firmer, measurable obligations on the BBC to sustain prominent, distinctive, and globally diverse international news coverage across both broadcast and digital platforms.