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   "Martha Bridegam"  wrote in message   
   news:YcLMf.40983$H71.36711@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...   
   > ROBBIE wrote:   
   > > "Martha Bridegam"  wrote in message   
   > > news:Q7KMf.40955$H71.39584@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...   
   > >   
   > >>>   
   > >>> 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.   
   > >   
   > > ROBBIE   
   > >   
   > >   
   >   
   > Thought there had been some pressure from folks   
      
   Explain?   
      
   who viewed   
   > him as a departure from the BBC's usual standard of   
   > detachment. No?   
      
   If you're talking about members of the public then you're wrong - the BBC   
   doesn't change its policy for just anybody. If a charter renewal is coming   
   up or the license fee needs to rise, then they begin to act slightly more   
   sensibly to curry favour with government committees.   
      
   ROBBIE   
      
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