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

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',


Hey, Arfa, ya know, I *DID* listen closely, and their 'spin' is very
subtle indeed.

Here's a prime example: on 12/08's 'Analysis' from the World Service, they
were talking about Genetically Modified crops. They had one guy from BASF
talking in favor, they had one guy from somewhere else talking in favor,
and they had some girl from Free Earth or something like that speak her
mind 5-6 times! They gave MUCH more lip time to the opponents than trhe
proponents. And not from various opponents, but only from ONE opposing
source.

This is the kind of spin that becomes apparent with careful listening (I
listen to the BBC for about 3 hours every early AM...)