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| BBC - There’s Good News and Bad News |
| 2003-06-28 |
| Sources say the BBC has taken many hits lately for biased reporting. ;-> On the positive side is Tim Sebastion's ‘HardTalk’ which offers up solid issue depth - with the occasional jewel of insight - and only a few rhinestones. As an example of the best, here is Sebastion's interview with Abdul Rahman Al Matroudi, the Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister for Islamic Affairs. The Minister denies everythingâhe denies that Wahhabism is the mainstream Saudi version of Islam, he denies that extremism is preached in the mosques, he denies that the religious police enforce the laws against women driving, he denies there is religious discrimination, and then suddenly he admits ... that hatred of Jews is taught in their school textbooks. But he justifies this stunning admission by saying that the Jews do it too. This interview shows the truth about whatâs happening in Saudi Arabia, in direct contradiction of the smooth lies of mouthpieces like Adel al-Jubeir, as Al Matroudi squirms and weasels and tries to evade every question. (hat tip: LGF) On the other side of the coin, the BBC has so often presented information with an anti-Israeli spin that they've finally exhausted the Israel goverment's reservoirs of patience and good will. That takes some doing, but a recent 'documentary' was the straw that broke the camels back: âThe BBC will discover that bureaucracy can be applied with goodwill or without it. And after the way that they have repeatedly tried to delegitimise the state of Israel, we, as hosts, have none left for them,â Daniel Seaman, director of the government press office, told The Times. âWe see the well-known pro-Arab touch of the Foreign Office and the traditional anti-Semitism of parts of Britainâs Establishment in the way they are acting against us.â The full story is linked thru LGF Of course you can (and will, as long as you are free) decide for yourself... unless you're in the UK, in which case you will be charged a hefty 'fee' for connecting to the cable service, and this 'fee' funds the BBC. So, if you want access to Sky News, for example, you will have to pay for and support the BBC just for the privilege. |
| Posted by:PD |