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To: BubbaFred who wrote (49011)	4/25/2004 2:58:20 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

BBC just goes to a new low<g>--BBC Uses False Photo on NK Explosion By Park Song-wu Staff Reporter The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) made an erroneous reporting over the train explosion in North Korea by posting an incorrect satellite photo showing huge clouds of black smoke billowing from the alleged blast site on its Website. The BBC explained Friday that the photo was taken 18 hours after the explosion in the northwest North Korean town of Ryongchon, but the black-and-white satellite image was later found to be taken after an air raid in Iraq. Due to the superb timing of the mistaken photo Web-posting, many newspapers, including The Korea Times, printed the same photo in error in their early Saturday editions. South Korean media spared an important portion of their space and airtime Friday for the coverage of the tragic accident in the North. news.bostonherald.com