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BBC Director General attacks US war reports
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3232852.stm
In his speech, Mr Dyke quoted research that showed that of 840 commentators aired on US TV, only four were opposed to the war.
"I have to tell you if that was true in Britain the BBC would have failed in its duty," he said.
"Telling people what they want to hear is not doing them any favours. It may not be comfortable to challenge governments or even popular opinion, but it's what we are here to do."
Mr Dyke said TV channels had a "responsibility to broadcast a range of voices".
The fact the BBC's own news services - BBC World and News 24 - had "doubled" their audiences in the US in the last year showed there was an audience for more impartial news, he said.
"Our online services have experienced enormous growth too and have regularly received e-mails back from people here in the US saying 'Thank you for trying to explain events, thank you for being impartial'."
So much for 'fair and balanced'.
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Oh come on Eklipse you leftie peacenik scum you.
Everyone knows that the BBC is a communist, biased bunch of hippies who abuse government funds to blow their own political trumpet.
[There we go, I just saved 5MB of bandwidth reducing the next 42 posts to one.]
Oh, nearly forgot -  .
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Of more interest is, do those commentators type their stories themselves? Or do they dictate? And do they type double spaces?
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Nasrudin sat on a river bank when someone shouted to him from the opposite side: "Hey! how do I get across?" "You are across!" Nasrudin shouted back.
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Originally posted by Developer:
Of more interest is, do those commentators type their stories themselves? Or do they dictate? And do they type double spaces?
The communist ones dictate and the libertarian ones double space. Really, developer, keep up! 
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Look it IS fair and balanced. Just not from the European point of view! From the American point of view THAT is the way things are. We support our troops and our president! We don't want to see any moral backstabbing our sons and daughters from the homeland. That is the difference between Americans and Europeans. We have much stronger moral fiber. Still I'll give you the benefit of the doubt since our children aren't in Iraw fighting the enemy at this very moment.
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Originally posted by Developer:
Of more interest is, do those commentators type their stories themselves? Or do they dictate? And do they type double spaces?
Funny stuff!
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I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him.
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