[IP] More on the pro-Sadam BBC

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Einar Stefferud <Stef@thor.nma.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:11:37 -0800
To: Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
Subject: More on the pro-Sadam BBC

Scroll down on the URL; there are some items beyond this one.
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THE BBC'S OWN DEFENSE CORRESPONDENT: Assails the anti-war spin of the Beeb's
own coverage. In a leaked memo, Paul Adams blasts his own editors:

On Monday, [Adams] wrote from US Central Command in Qatar: "I was gobsmacked
to hear, in a set of headlines today, that the coalition was suffering
significant casualties. This is simply NOT TRUE. Nor is it true to say, as
the same intro stated, that coalition forces are fighting guerrillas. It may
be guerrilla warfare, but they are not guerrillas."

Adams memo was fired off to TV news head Roger Mosey, Radio news boss
Stephen Mitchell and other Beeb chiefs. It adds stunning weight to
allegations that BBC coverage on all its networks is biased against the war.
In one blast, he storms: "Who dreamed up the line that the coalition are
achieving small victories at a very high price? The truth is exactly the
opposite. The gains are huge and the costs still relatively low. This is
real warfare, however one-sided, and losses are to be expected."

The BBC has come under attack for describing the loss of two soldiers as
"the worst possible news" for the armed forces.

http://www.andrewsullivan.com/index.php?switch=black_white&dish_inc=archives
/2003_03_23_dish_archive.html


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