Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Remember this? Well, OFCOM censure Fox News for three failings in that piece: failing to honour the "respect for truth" rule; failing to give the BBC an opportunity to respond; and failing to apply the rule that says, in a personal view section, "opinions expressed must not rest upon false evidence".
Of course it doesn't matter, an itty-bitty British regulator is not going to affect how an American news company presents news to thick people who don't know the truth of what has or hasn't actually happened in Iraq. Fox will not have to pay any fines, make any on-air apology or be prevented in any way from broadcasting in Britain. Sadly,
the Fox News Network was not forced to pay up for its blatant anti-BBCism before and during (and after) the Iraq war. A frothing at the mouth anti-BBCism that was obsessive, irrational and dishonest...
And so on.
Remember this? Well, OFCOM censure Fox News for three failings in that piece: failing to honour the "respect for truth" rule; failing to give the BBC an opportunity to respond; and failing to apply the rule that says, in a personal view section, "opinions expressed must not rest upon false evidence".
Of course it doesn't matter, an itty-bitty British regulator is not going to affect how an American news company presents news to thick people who don't know the truth of what has or hasn't actually happened in Iraq. Fox will not have to pay any fines, make any on-air apology or be prevented in any way from broadcasting in Britain. Sadly,
the Fox News Network was not forced to pay up for its blatant anti-BBCism before and during (and after) the Iraq war. A frothing at the mouth anti-BBCism that was obsessive, irrational and dishonest...
And so on.
