Re: [Swprograms] BBC E-mail: US channel's BBC remarks censured

[jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Yes, but.....  :-)

Point 1:  I think it can fairly be said that the BBC's standards are far higher than those of Fox. I mean Fox calling the BBC biased is just a bit hypocritical.
Point 2:  Some Americans don't take criticism well (at least some of them, lately, especially with regard to Iraq).  Some also do not want "the bad news" that others disagree with them (often on principle).  So some of what is being characterized as "bias" on the part of the BBC is more hypersensivity on the part of some Americans toward unglowing reports of the country's activities and results in Iraq.
Point 3:  Until recently (and even currently), the U.S. networks have done a particularly poor job of reporting on all aspects of Iraq.  If that news is uncomplimentary to the US effort there, this can leave observers with the impression that those (like the BBC) that report the full spectrum are "anti-American". Just today, there have been reports that a letter will be published tomorrow that levels deep criticism at the Bush administration for its foreign policy decisions from a bi-partisan group of American diplomats and military leaders.  The only places I've heard this so far is the BBC, ABC (Australia), RTE and the CBC.  Does this make the BBC "anti-American" or the seemingly reluctant American non-reporters biased?
Interesting question (at least IMHO).
Point 4:  I think it's time to get off the horse that the BBC exhibited biased reporting during the blackout.  FWIW, I agree in that instance; but we really need to have a more recent example if the point that it seeks to illustrate is to be more convincingly made.

JMHO,
John Figliozzi

----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Schuerzinger <fedya@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 9:46 am
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] BBC E-mail: US channel's BBC remarks censured

> Maryanne Kehoe graced hard-core-dx.com with these words of wisdom:
> 
> > ** Message **
> > Media bias?
> > 
> > ** US channel's BBC remarks censured **
> > UK media watchdog Ofcom criticises US channel Fox News over on-air
> > views about the "anti-American" BBC. 
> 
> What do you think the response would have been if, instead of 
> saying on 
> air that the BBC had a rabid anti-Americanism, Fox News had gone 
> to Ofcom 
> to get the BBC censured for it?
> 
> And for what it's worth, I think there *is* a reflexive anti-
> Americanism 
> at parts of the BBC, at least.  I'm reminded of the blackout last 
> August, 
> when the BBCWS's "World Today" program tried to portray what 
> happened in 
> New York as "chaos", while Toronto allegedly handled the situation 
> much 
> better.  Having listened to both the BBC and New York AM stations, 
> it was 
> clear that people in both cities handled things equally well, and 
> there 
> wasn't any chaos.
> 
> -- 
> Ted Schuerzinger <fedya at bestweb dot net>
> The way I see it, you raised three children who could knock out 
> and hog-
> tie a perfect stranger, you must be doing *something* right.
> Marge Simpson, <http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7G01.html>
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