Saturday, May 24, 2003
Whatever you do, don't play 'Walk Like an Egyptian'... BBC defends decision to show footage of dead soldiers in program on Al-Jazeera. Apparently some of the families have complained about this, mainly it seems to The Sun. Perhaps we can stop all wars by getting the troops to insist when they join up that they under no circumstances want to risk their life? Mind you, that will probably just mean more 'precision' bombing. They went out there to do a dangerous job, they died. Don't go complaining to the tabloid that was most vocal in it's support for the killing and most strident of it's deriding of those who wanted a non-violent solution when a program happens to show that it's not just the nasty slant-eyes that die in war.
And Major Gen Ken Perkins, The Sun’s military adviser, said: “Once again BBC TV is plumbing the depths. It should be renamed the Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation.
However, The Sun themselves inadvertantly put this in it's context:
A military source added: “Is eight seconds of footage in a documentary on editorial decisions in wartime more important than the welfare of families who have lost their loved ones at war whilst serving their Queen and country?
“To the BBC it obviously is — to anyone else, I think not.”
Scrap a program about the war because of 'eight seconds' that could upset a few people? Maybe the Sun think Greg Dyke is going to go round the dead squaddies families houses and force them to watch the show, then Tivo those eight seconds and make them watch them for the rest of the week. Or maybe The Sun wants to stop any broadcasting of anything that might possibly suggest alternative perspectives on the bombing of Iraq. I think they're rating the BBC as much more left-wing than they actually are.
And Major Gen Ken Perkins, The Sun’s military adviser, said: “Once again BBC TV is plumbing the depths. It should be renamed the Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation.
However, The Sun themselves inadvertantly put this in it's context:
A military source added: “Is eight seconds of footage in a documentary on editorial decisions in wartime more important than the welfare of families who have lost their loved ones at war whilst serving their Queen and country?
“To the BBC it obviously is — to anyone else, I think not.”
Scrap a program about the war because of 'eight seconds' that could upset a few people? Maybe the Sun think Greg Dyke is going to go round the dead squaddies families houses and force them to watch the show, then Tivo those eight seconds and make them watch them for the rest of the week. Or maybe The Sun wants to stop any broadcasting of anything that might possibly suggest alternative perspectives on the bombing of Iraq. I think they're rating the BBC as much more left-wing than they actually are.
