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To: Alighieri who wrote (340689)	6/18/2007 11:02:45 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1572938

BBC unmasked The British Broadcasting Corp. has "failed to promote proper debate on major political issues because of the inherent liberal culture of its staff," a report commissioned by the BBC itself has concluded. Coverage of single-issue political causes, such as climate change and poverty, can be biased -- particularly Live 8 coverage, which it says amounted to endorsement. The report warned "that celebrities must not be pandered to and allowed to hijack the BBC schedule." It concluded that BBC staff must be more willing to challenge their own beliefs. "There is a tendency to 'group think' with too many staff inhabiting a shared space and comfort zone." A staff impartiality seminar held last year is also documented in the report, at which executives said they would broadcast images of the Bible being thrown away but not the Koran, in case Muslims were offended. "During the seminar, a senior BBC reporter also criticized the corporation for being anti-American," the London Daily Telegraph reported yesterday.

To: Alighieri who wrote (340689)	6/18/2007 1:12:51 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572938

The problem is they don't know when to stand firm on principle. They are living up to this reputation quite well. It's amazing, but in the end, they'll end up shouldering a fair bit of the blame for iraq. First for giving the AH the power, then for failing to take it away. I really dislike the right's ideology on several points, but these guys are a collection of eunuchs. What happened is that the polls told them Americans wanted the US out of Iraq but not at the expense of funding the troops. So when Bush played chicken with them over this issue they blinked. Very stupid. They are so afraid of being called anti troop and anti security, they gave into the incompetent. While I fault them for their cowardice, there is more to it then just their weakness. We have a culture of unbridled militarism that encourages the kind of thinking that put them between a rock and a hard place. Otherwise, in a peace loving society, the Dems' position would have been a no brainer.