AP. Reuter, AFP, BBC - which one doesnt belong?

[lord of the mark]

Iraqi FM Zebari addressed the UN today, and said the UN had failed the people of Iraq.

UNSG Kofi Annan, addressed the UN, stating the need for a UN role.

Guess which THREE of the four news outlets listed above headlined the Zebari statement and buried the Annan statement, and which ONE of the four outlets headlined the Annan statement and buried the Zebari statement.

[Frozzy]

BBC buried the Zebari.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Frozzy
BBC buried the Zebari.

The prize goes to ...... Frozzy, for accurately guessing the predilictions of "auntie Beeb"

[GePap]

Wow, so everyones bias comes to the fore!

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by GePap
Wow, so everyones bias comes to the fore!

Reuters and AFP are biased against the UN and in favor of the Iraqi Governing Council? Dont think so. More like consensus judgement on newsworthiness, versus well, lets be polite, the UNIQUE INSIGHT provided by the BBC.

[GePap]

Lets see..who's statements are generally more newsworthy? Those of any single UN member's representative, or the secretary general? Which one a news agency decided to headline does show what they think is more newsworthy..fine, you think what the iraqi guys said was more newsworthy..good for you. But until you can show some objective meausre that tells us all which is more newsworthy, all you can say is your bias is more popular among the news agencies. Wow, good for you!

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

What a load of tittybiscuits. Jesus Breakdancing Christ Almighty- during the war it looked like everyone was suggesting the BBC was biased against the military action.

It's ****. Utter ****. Until the media find a way to simultaneously put everyone's point of view first in an article through microdots and ****ing ninja brain implants, some bugger's always about to make A ****ING CONSPIRACY THEORY OUT OF IT!

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by GePap
Lets see..who's statements are generally more newsworthy? Those of any single UN member's representative, or the secretary general? Which one a news agency decided to headline does show what they think is more newsworthy..fine, you think what the iraqi guys said was more newsworthy..good for you. But until you can show some objective meausre that tells us all which is more newsworthy, all you can say is your bias is more popular among the news agencies. Wow, good for you!

1. Yup, all things being equal the SG is more newsworthy then the statement of the FM of a medium sized country, But Kofi saying something bland, and repeating what hes been saying for a while, versus the FM of Iraq saying something as controversial as that? I mean i suppose everythings subjective at some level (; to whaleboy) but thats a pretty clear cut news judgement, no? I mean which caught YOUR eye more?

2. In the absence of objective criteria, one looks at the consensus of reliable judges. Which is more likely, that AP, Reuter AND Agence France Press are biased the one way, or that Auntie Beeb is biased the other way?

[lord of the mark]

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[lord of the mark]

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[Sava]

Reuters is always used on Fox News, so I'm wary of their bias. But I agree with LOTM on this one. The BBC usually has different stories anyways.

[GePap]

nice TP.

1. Neither catches my eye.
2. Certainly what the FM said is more "sexy" and thus it gets more press, just like Spears is sexier than Karzai

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by GePap
nice TP.

1. Neither catches my eye.
2. Certainly what the FM said is more "sexy" and thus it gets more press, just like Spears is sexier than Karzai

you think FM of Iraq is to SG of UN as bimbo pop star is to President of afghanistan


res ipso loquitur.

[GePap]

His statements are to koffi's what Spears is to karzai.


[something wity in in a dead language]

[molly bloom]

It can only be hours before lotm finds evidence the B.B.C. sponsored Saddam's sojourn in his hidey hole, and supplied him with a fibre optic cable B.B.C. World news channel link, and a massage from Peter Sissons.

And of course it's well known Osama bin Laden is on the board of governors of the B.B.C. , heavily disguised.


Makes you wonder why people who have actually lived in and fought against Third World dictatorships preferred the Beeb to other news channels. Perhaps because they were all in a socialist hegemonic world spanning conspiracy too!