´óÏó´«Ã½ in the news, Friday
| 11:03 UK time, Friday, 27 October 2006
Daily Mail: ´óÏó´«Ã½ criticised for interviewing Taleban. ()
Daily Telegraph (and others): ´óÏó´«Ã½ radio feels the heat from commercial rivals ()
Daily Telegraph: Opinion column on ´óÏó´«Ã½ impartiality. ()
Daily Mail: John Humphrys writes about faith (No link available)
Independent: Pandora claims Zac Goldsmith will be guest editor of Today. [´óÏó´«Ã½ did not confirm this.] ()
Spectator: Fergal Keane writes about his love for America. ( [subscription required])
Comments
I found the Telegraph column about impartiality to be spot on. I got the impression the Israeli twist was supposed to be a suprise, but it just seemed to be totally in-line with the standard ´óÏó´«Ã½ view - that the real villans are the Israeli's not the Muslim suicide bombers.
No mention of the Evening Standard article here...
´óÏó´«Ã½ 'guilty' of ignoring public opinion says senior executive
I would love to hear your response regarding this matter.
I found the Telegraph article to be of a form the Telegraph often display. It's a typical "looney-left" "bashing" article, one that has some truths. I would be the first to agree that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ is biased, but it is this bias that makes the information of worth. If it is not biased it ends up saying nothing- what could be more nothing than "Joint Chairman of the Middle Way" (Luff MP). I say the ´óÏó´«Ã½ is exceptional given what it offers.
There is nothing wrong with bias - as long as it is stated bias. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is biased yet tries to convince us that it is neutral.
The Telegraph accusing the ´óÏó´«Ã½ of bias? Is this some belated April Fool spoof?
As for that rag citing ´óÏó´«Ã½ tributes to the late Linda Smith as evidence of a vast left-wing conspiracy, words fail me.
The film demonstrates the clear requirement for an enhanced information operations campaign. The UK is loosing this spectrum of the conflict. To better the situation one must look at common beliefs and why people fight. There is a clear need to establish areas of security that are defended to allow reconstruction. Such a process has the potential to win hearts and minds. M
I'm not sure that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ should invite Zak Goldsmith to be guest editor of Today. Is it really acceptable for a perspective Tory candidate and close advisor of David Cameron to edit the show? Why not invite a Lib Dem to edit the show as well or a Labour party member? I've no doubt the Tory's would use it as a PR opportunity, is it really acceptable for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ to be used in this manner?
I do not often read the Daily Mail but when I do I always feel an urgent need for someone to publish all the facts - just the facts.
Someone told me that the word Dhimmi
could not be posted on a ´óÏó´«Ã½ BLOG...
just testing the veracity of this claim...nothing to do with this article...
It utterly astounds me that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and other major news outlets apparently see no news value in reporting the airing of a tape purporting to be a death bed confession of involvement in the Kennedy assassination by former Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt. This tape was supplied to a well known US radio show ("Coast to Coast AM" with George Noory) by Hunt's own son.