BBC vs. British Government
Charles Johnson
Fri Jun 27, 2003 at 10:09 pm PDT • Views: 277
An extraordinary battle is taking place between the BBC and its sponsor—the British government—over the BBC’s incredibly biased, relentlessly negative coverage of the Iraq war. Here is the statement from 10 Downing Street: PMOS afternoon briefing - 26 June. And here is the BBC’s take: Iraq dossier row ‘extraordinary’.
The most amazing thing about this is that the BBC seems to be claiming that they have no biases, a claim that on its face is utterly absurd.
Last April I noted a report that the British Navy had pulled the plug on BBC broadcasts aboard the flagship HMS Ark Royal, after numerous complaints from crew members about the blatant anti-war agenda. Here’s how one sailor put it:
“The BBC always takes the Iraqis’ side,” one senior rating complained.
“It reports what they say as gospel but when it comes to us it questions and doubts everything the British and Americans are reporting.
“A lot of people onboard are very unhappy.”
A lot of people ashore have also been unhappy with the Beeb for quite some time. This could be their New York Times moment.
Frank says: