Re: The BBC again

On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 14:45, Tom Chance wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The BBC have done it again, giving undue coverage to one side of a debate:
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3501964.stm
> 

While it's definitely biased, isn't this piece op-ed rather than
reportage?  The quote-marks seem to be signposting the article as
political opinion, with which the BBC does not necessarily agree.

If anything I would have a go at the BBC for not making this signposting
clearer.

By comparison, this report was quite balanced:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3545839.stm

Best not to alienate the BBC editors too much, wouldn't you say?

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Toby

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