Biased BBC?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Oh Sava:

Originally posted by Sava
the BBC is a competent and reputable international news source that puts little or no spin on their stories. The people that don't like the truth hate the people that tell it.

Can you tell me what those sentances mean? You know the one about the BBC having little or no spin and then right afterwards saying that those that don't like the truth hate those that do?

[Dis]

Sava, if the BBC is only biased when compared to the U.S. media. Then tell me why the British serviceman on Royal Navy ships in the persian gulf region asked BBC to be removed and Skynews to be put on instead?

[RGBVideo]

When I see topics with titles like this, I suddenly feel a rewarding feeling from the fact that I put you on my ignore almost a month ago.

[Cruddy]

Originally posted by Boddington's
I'm not defending the BBC's reporting.. it's quite obvious they have a centre-left bias.

From your point of view, everyone who isn't screaming for mass execution of non-white people is a lefty.

Originally posted by Boddington's
Example..look at any story about Guatenamo Bay and you'll have barbed wire and the worst possible looking images possible present.

What else would you prefer they show? Images of WW2 concentration camps? Or a view of Camp X-ray?

Originally posted by Boddington's
The fact that people in this country consider someone like Hussein as an individual who should be treated with the same level of respect and neutrality by the media as a peacefully and democratically elected leader such as Blair.

Respect for one's enemies is VITAL Bodds. You start dehumanizing the opposition, make them look like animals, you start to look like a propaganda machine.

I don't LIKE Saddam. But he's a devious, slippery customer, and pretending he isn't will not make catching him any easier. Quite apart from the reputation hit to the Beeb.

What's the alternative Bodds? Give us some alternatives... and do tell us how the BNP media contacts aren't just a little bit biased towards the right.

[Sikander]

BBC is crap when it comes to any coverage of the U.S. For instance, they did a story recently on the Pentagon's report about what happened to the maintenance company that got shot up at Nassiriya. Well they said that was what the story was about, but they didn't cover that story. Instead they simply opined once again that the U.S. government lied about what happened to Jessica Lynch. They didn't add anything to the knowledge base (though the report did have a lot of new information in it). They simply stated again and without any evidence that the U.S. government was behind those stories about Lynch holding off the Iraqis (with two revolvers!) until she ran out of ammo. Who would be stupid enough to believe a story like that from an anonymous source?

Did the anonymous source work for the government? I don't know, and I doubt the BBC does either. They certainly aren't backing up their assertion with any evidence. The problem is that they seem to be making it without evidence as well. Here's a tip for the students that seem to staff the upper echelons of the BBC's news operation. If a guy with a name and a position in the U.S. government makes a statement on camera it is a very simple thing to prove. You may or may not believe what he has to say, but he will have to stand behind his words or suffer the sort of embarassment that BBC seems to be trying to put the Pentagon through if he is wrong, and especially when he lies. If, on the other hand, you meet a guy in a parking garage who makes a claim on the promise of strict anonymity, you are on your own. You can publish what he says or not, but you are now the agency that has to decide whether to make this information public, and it is incumbent on you to decide whether the story has merit.

[gopher]

All I know is that get my international news through BBC International. They might be somewhat bias, but compared to everyone else, they are spotless.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by gopher
All I know is that get my international news through BBC International. They might be somewhat bias, but compared to everyone else, they are spotless.

I watch them for two reasons:

1) To see what sort of spin the Brits are getting

2) To see their coverage of Africa, which the U.S. news networks severely underreport.

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2) To see their coverage of Africa, which the U.S. news networks severely underreport.

Exactly the same reason why I browse their Internet-pages...

[Zevico]

BBC are biased everywhere. They seem to especially dislike Israel though (look at the last show they made-it throws away any attempt at objectiveness). Still, as long as you take out the spin, its just as good a news source as any other.

[Dauphin]

I avoid BBC news, I can't stand their attitude and coverage these days. They present as thought they think they are a champion standing up for the minority or as the bastion of justice.

[Solly]

"They present as thought they think they are a champion standing up for the minority"

Typical left-wingers then?