I'm glad you mentioned Al Jazeera. It staggered me that I had to to watch

a documentary about the media centre in Iraq, to watch footage of, and the killing of a journalist on top of the media centre, by a US plane.

Of which the programme implied (and probably rightly) that the US didn't like them reporting anything they were doing

It's a shame that didn't make national news, even though major news agencies all broadcasted from that media centre (BBC included)

I already had my cynical doubts about the bbc well before this, ironically from the opinion of a friend who's lived in various South American and Central American places

It's a pretty big myth that the BBC are this beacon of fair neutrality. They're a media company with the luxury of a massive budget. For them to plead that they don't have a lot to spend on programmes like they do, sparks of Neil Doncaster every time

Posted By: pants on November 13th 2012 at 01:28:48

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BBC (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 13, 01:00:50
- It's news network is probably my most damning actually. All that claim about being (General Chat) - pants, Nov 13, 01:09:20
  - The BBC producer guidelines are extremely detailed... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Nov 13, 07:30:16
    - just saying like..... (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 13, 10:50:38
    - I think that's the most salient point really (General Chat) - norway, Nov 13, 09:35:21
    - Agreed, though the Beeb *have* been particularly bad on the NHS reforms (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Nov 13, 08:30:32
      - When it comes to news the been is left wing. However the Olympus coverage was best tv ever (General Chat) - Hulk Rules, Nov 13, 08:43:15
        
        Sigh. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 13, 08:48:27
        
        The beeb does very well at being politically neutral (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Nov 13, 08:54:11
        
        Disagree strongly with that. The middle east reporting is heavilly biased (General Chat) - pants, Nov 13, 10:35:57
        
        And I also think the Beeb are very pro European Union (n/m) (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Nov 13, 11:09:29
  - compared to Fox, CNN and Sky it?s far better though (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 13, 01:12:45
    - I'm glad you mentioned Al Jazeera. It staggered me that I had to to watch (General Chat) - pants, Nov 13, 01:28:48
      - the BBC did report it though? (General Chat) - CWC, Nov 13, 09:47:46
      - for reference, this is the journo I was talking about (General Chat) - pants, Nov 13, 01:43:00
        
        I find that Sky News has a much better network of stories than BBC. I actually find them (General Chat) - Hulk Rules, Nov 13, 08:41:40
        
        Pants, I actually do remember the Al Jazeera attack. During the heat of battle the station (General Chat) - Hulk Rules, Nov 13, 08:48:45
        
        Frankly that's a disgraceful statement to say that unarmed civilians are fair game (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Nov 13, 08:59:12
        
        In war, who is an unarmed citizen, and who is a suicide bomber (General Chat) - phrankin, Nov 13, 09:32:26
        
        A suicide bomber is by definition armed (though that might not be immediately obvious) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Nov 13, 09:39:29
        
        Opposition controlled tv station? (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Nov 13, 09:46:01
        
        Is it? And still no justification for targetting civilians (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Nov 13, 11:38:11

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