From: word_chemist@hotmail.com   
      
   "Martha Bridegam"  wrote in message   
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   > > That's as wrong an analysis as I can remember seeing. The BBC's attitude   
   > > towards the US is one of contemptous metropolitan leftist snobism -   
   nothing   
   > > whatever to do with the Boston tea party and everything to do with the   
   state   
   > > not being big enough and leftist enough. Its attitude towards China   
   seems to   
   > > be this: let's be as positive about it as we can be because they might   
   spank   
   > > the evil empire's arse one day and hey, come on, they are a People's   
   > > Republic.   
   >   
   > This doesn't match the BBC's quite critical coverage of   
   > China,   
      
   Considering what goes on in that country it isn't very critical at all. The   
   way I see it is this: the BBC sees itself as a world media source and   
   campaigning left-of-centre force. OK, on that basis it should be exposing   
   the poverty, cruelty and human rights abuses of a country like China but   
   it's far more interested in the USA where even you - i hope - have to admit   
   things aren't so bad as in China. So it even deserts its own politically   
   correct agenda when it suits.   
      
    >nor anything about the Chinese govt's opinion of the BBC.   
      
   Or its opinion of any news service - or any thing - that isn't directly   
   controlled by Peking.   
      
   >   
   >   
   > > The attitude towards the Middle East is straight cultural Marxism:   
   > > those countries must be right -excepting Israel of course - because they   
   > > have less power and have had foreign armies pass over their soil - the   
   > > inconvenient bigotry, fascism, cruelty, medievalism and totalitarianism   
   of   
   > > those countries is well played down. The former BBC middle east   
   > > correspondent is now working for Al Jazeera.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Isn't the correspondent in question "former" for a reason?   
      
   What do you mean? Rageh Omar in the radio times a while ago seemed quite   
   happy to be going to Al Jazeera and would still be making the odd programme   
   for the Beeb.   
      
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