The (old) Licquia Family Blog
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Wed, 09 Apr 2003
A
while back, I whined a bit about CNN, and praised the BBC for their
RSS feeds and timely news.
Let's just say that their war coverage has floored me. Despite their
great RSS feeds, I no longer recommend them.
Andrew Sullivan has been on a
crusade against the BBC since the war began. I did notice that their
reporting tended to be a bit pessimistic, but I hoped that it was just
overcompensating for a perceived pro-Brit bias. It turns out that
even the British troops there are angry. There's some evidence that
their Arabic service is
tilting the news even more radically than the English version.
Denis Boyles reports that their broadcast service is bad, too, with
their Baghdad correspondents even
calling
their own government and ours liars about the extent of the
coalition's success in Baghdad.
Even Iraqis in Iraq describe the BBC's radio coverage as "lies".
My evaluation: the BBC is better than Al Jazeera, but not by much.
Suggestions for online news are welcome in the comments.
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