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"John Mullen" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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They're certainly a reason for remorse in the UK. The BBC used to be
pretty good, until they let their new coverage quality slide so much.

Although I actually agree with your sentiment here, from experience of both,
I think the BBC still kicks the ass off any US news coverage. Fewer vested
interests, less need to toe the party line.

One telling problem with the Beeb right now is their lack of coverage on
the Oil for Food scandal. *Very* little coverage, and what's there
isn't exactly hard hitting.

Note also that when they mention Hamas (or other Mideast terror groups)
in an article, they don't call them terrorists. They call them
militants or something less direct. When the word terrorist *is* used
in a BBC story, it's usually inserted in "scare quotes."

So Hamas isn't a bunch of terrorists. It's a militant group, or a
so-called "terrorist" group.

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