On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:22:16 +0000, Arfa Daily wrote:


"Hachiroku ????" wrote in message
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On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:57:06 +0000, Arfa Daily wrote:

Most of the time BBC journalists slag the U.S.. It's VERY rarely that
you see any NON-yellow journalism on the BBC when it comes to Iraq.


I don't think that is quite true. The BBC *officially* has no political
bias,


Oh, dear, oh dear. I have been listening to the World Service for almost
30 years. Even up to three years ago I would have agreed with this. Two
years ago I was looking for a satellite radio and settled on XM because
they had the World Service. I was so enthralled with the music I didn't
start listening to the BBC until earlier this year.

HOLY ****!!!!!! Have they got Agendas, or WHAT?!?!?! They LOVE slamming
the US, and they shove things down your throat!!! I can't BELIEVE the
change!

For their 75th 'Birthday' they were talking with a guy from the US who
has moved to Shanghai, sold all his US Dollars and securities and is
investing heavily in Asia. He says he finds the BBC delightfully neutral
and unbiased.

He must have cotton for brains...

(But, I still listen to the World Service every night, even when I do
find myself swearing at the radio, which I *NEVER* used to do with the
BBC...)


Never-the-less, listen a bit more closely *now*. I wouldn't pretend that
the BBC is yet back to the 'good old days', but over the last few months,
it has most definitely shifted in the right (ha !! get it ? right ?)
direction. You will hear the government here getting a good deal more of a
kicking, than it was when Blair was in charge, and the Corporation lived
in fear (and awe) of his spin machine, and those who ran it such as
Campbell, all of whom have now gone off the scene. The political climate
here is changing rapidly, as it is in the US, and as I said earlier, the
BBC, institutional as it is, is following along not far behind ...

Arfa


LOL! Well, all I know of British politics I get from the BBC, but they
sure DON'T like Brown that much, do they?!?!?!

However, on a LOT of other things, they remain firmly planted in the Left.
Like when it comes to Gore (I am a Conservative, and though not a
'declared' Republican, tend to lean a LOT more towards the right side of
the aisle than the Left...)

One of the things that REALLY irks me about the World Service is their
dismissal out of hand the Global Warming is entirely the fault of man. I
have sent them a few emails now telling them to look for Ice Core sample
data that can be found on the IPCCs own web site that shows this has
happened before, and still they choose to ignore it and say it's entirely
man's fault.

That, and the Muslim kissing really irks me.

OK, rant off...