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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (90773)	4/7/2003 1:09:24 PM
From: Lou Weed	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<<Just so, the BBC's coverage makes it clear that they are rooting for a really stinging disaster, if not an outright calamity. Every setback is lovingly examined, while larger successes are reported perfunctorily.>> Nadine, I can see how it might seem that way when American network coverage is used as the reference. I grew up in Ireland so I guess you could say I was weaned on the BBC and that is my reference. They've never shyed away from showing it as it is.....even though it infuriated me sometimes watching their coverage of the violence in Northern Ireland. Bottom line, it's ugly stuff but it needs to be shown. We're so lucky here that all our wars are fought on other people's soil.....in a way it desensitizes the public to what it's really like. There's guys here where I work printing off pictures of buildings been blown to bits and hanging them in the lab! These are educated grown men who seem to think that this whole thing is like "a really cool war flick" (one of them actually said)!! When you see up close what happens when a bomb explodes , believe me it's a whole different feeling than watching it on a small box in your living room. The BBC, I feel try to show the enormity and the brutal human side to these situations and for that I applaud them. Like I've said, if you want the sanitized lemony fresh view watch CNN, MSNBC and FOX. They pull no punches on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict either but as you know already we certainly see that issue from different sides of the fence! By the way Nadine, I don't know if you've been to the UK at all but using an article from The Sun as validity for anything is not recommended. The majority of their readers buy it for page 3....if you know what I mean! Just a small tip :-) Michael.