Monday, October 27, 2003

More biased BBC

An absolute classic on Biased BBC. I can't tell whether the author, Ed Thomas, is taking the piss or not of the whole concept. I fear he's not.

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Headlining Tragedy

The difference between the headline sequence on CNN and BBC is stark.

Here is the BBC approach at 8.40 UK time:

'Bombs rock central Baghdad'

'At least 18 people are reported killed as the Red Cross headquarters and other buildings come under attack.'

Here is the CNN at the same time:

'Explosions rock Baghdad'

'At least 10 people have been killed and several injured following three explosions in the space of an hour in the Iraqi capital.
The first blast, believed caused by a suicide car bomb, struck early in the morning outside the Red Cross headquarters in the city leaving several vehicles ablaze and huge plumes of smoke rising into the air.'

Can anyone apart from me see hysteria in the one and sanity in the other, even if, as I suspect, the BBC usually gets casualty figures right?
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Ok -- having read it again he must be joking. It's the title, 'Headlining Tragedy' that gives it away. No-one, not even the swivel-eyed folk at Biased BBC, could see bias in 'Bombs rock central Baghdad' and not 'Explosions rock Baghdad'.

ps Then again I've read some of his other posts and now I am not so sure....

posted by Matthew @ 10/27/2003 05:07:00 PM Comments: 0