Mark Curtis is a British author, historian and journalist who is the co-founder and editor of media organisation Declassified UK.
[citation needed] He co-founded the investigative journalism website Declassified UK with Matt Kennard in 2019; focusing on the foreign, military and intelligence policies of the British government.
In the book, Curtis claims that Britain is an "outlaw state", as according to him it frequently violates international law and supports autocratic regimes.
[7][8] Curtis finds that BBC news resembles a "straightforward state propaganda organ" that provides "critical support for the [British and Western] elite's promotion of foreign policy", such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
He says this militant nationalism is "not even subtle", and, citing Glasgow university, says BBC News is a chief example of "manufactured production of ideology.