That letter fails to take into accountthe fact that Ofcom is wrong and Fox is right.
Truth comes from facts, not from the biased declarations of political appointees.
The Fox presenter, John Gibson, said in a segment entitled My Word that the BBC had 'a frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Americanism that was obsessive, irrational and dishonest';
Correct.
that the BBC 'felt entitled to lie and, when caught lying, felt entitled to defend its lying reporters and executives';
Correct.
that the BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan, in Baghdad during the US invasion, had 'insisted on air that the Iraqi army was heroically repulsing an incompetent American military';
Not sure
and that 'the BBC, far from blaming itself, insisted its reporter had a right to lie - exaggerate - because, well, the BBC knew that the war was wrong, and anything they could say to underscore that point had to be right'.
Correct.
Three out of four ain't bad.
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Tue 15 Jun 2004, 12:31,
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Truth comes from facts, not from the biased declarations of political appointees.
The Fox presenter, John Gibson, said in a segment entitled My Word that the BBC had 'a frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Americanism that was obsessive, irrational and dishonest';
Correct.
that the BBC 'felt entitled to lie and, when caught lying, felt entitled to defend its lying reporters and executives';
Correct.
that the BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan, in Baghdad during the US invasion, had 'insisted on air that the Iraqi army was heroically repulsing an incompetent American military';
Not sure
and that 'the BBC, far from blaming itself, insisted its reporter had a right to lie - exaggerate - because, well, the BBC knew that the war was wrong, and anything they could say to underscore that point had to be right'.
Correct.
Three out of four ain't bad.
wow... that's an incredibly black and white viewof the world
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lemony,
Tue 15 Jun 2004, 12:34,
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Becausethe BBC did, in fact, do the three things I have marked as "correct" above.
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Tue 15 Jun 2004, 12:39,
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But you haven't actuallygot any proof have you? And without proof, the facts that you set so much store by are merely opinion and conjecture.
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GR33DY,
Tue 15 Jun 2004, 12:41,
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The Hutton report states that the BBCis frothingly anti-american? The Hutton report states that the BBC felt entitled to lie? The Hutton report states that "the BBC knew that the war was wrong, and anything they could say to underscore that point had to be right"?
No it doesn't, and I have read it cover to cover.
(No it doesn't, and I have read it cover to cover.
GR33DY,
Tue 15 Jun 2004, 12:45,
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I think there's only as much anti-merkinism in middle-to-left mediaas there is in the centre-to-left populace, as let's face it, labour went right.
The bbc defended a journalist who calimed he was right. He got caught on a technicality - and despite what he believed, he was technically wrong. This did not change the alleged 'rearranging' of the dossier, or the reasons why it was being edited to sell it to the british popluace.
Gilligan did not deify Iraqi resistance or attack american forces.
And the BBC defended one of their own against an irrationaly pro-war government.
So the facts (those that can be considered correct without your exaggerating them) still do not fullly match up to your beliefs...
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(The bbc defended a journalist who calimed he was right. He got caught on a technicality - and despite what he believed, he was technically wrong. This did not change the alleged 'rearranging' of the dossier, or the reasons why it was being edited to sell it to the british popluace.
Gilligan did not deify Iraqi resistance or attack american forces.
And the BBC defended one of their own against an irrationaly pro-war government.
So the facts (those that can be considered correct without your exaggerating them) still do not fullly match up to your beliefs...
:)
WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about,
Tue 15 Jun 2004, 12:44,
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