Re: I don't recognize it, so it must be a bomb

["David Harley" <david.a.harley () gmail com>]

The beeb's relationship with the government is a bit more complex than
"state-run". Its news coverage does tend to be exaggeratedly
anti-government. You could argue that part of its role is be a "safe"
channel for dissent, but that would be cynical. :)

I had a lot more respect for BBC news before I had television and stopped
listening to the world service, though it's generally my news channel of
choice. Some of its news/issues programmes are as fluffy as anyone's, and
have a very restricted view of both "world" and "news" with far too much
"celebrity" and "reality show" content. Grump, grump...

I haven't looked at Al-Jazeera for a good while: when I did, it was better
than I'd expected. 

--
David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP
Director of Malware Intelligence, ESET

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of chris () blask org
> Sent: 02 August 2009 04:31
> To: nick () virus-l demon co uk; funsec () linuxbox org; Tomas L. Byrnes
> Subject: Re: [funsec] I don't recognize it, so it must be a bomb
>
>
> --- On Sat, 8/1/09, Tomas L. Byrnes <tomb () byrneit net> wrote:
>  
> > The same statement I made regarding Fox's ability to find "local 
> > interest"  in the US holds for Al-Beeb. They have the best 
> worldwide 
> > coverage, because they have more correspondents in more 
> places, due to 
> > affiliation with the various former empire countries state media.
>
> While I can't take FOX more seriously as a news outlet than 
> most others - at least not on their own claim as anything 
> resembling "fair and balanced" (Fiercely Biased, perhaps), I 
> agree entirely on the Beeb.  
>
> Best.  News. Evah.
>
> It bugs me 'cause I don't like state-run media in the least, 
> but the Beeb really does put out a great stream of journalism 
> and information.
>
> I like what I see of Al-Jazeera, which so far has been very 
> little.  At first just the name made me flinch but I've 
> caught a couple bits from them and while I reserve judgement 
> they strike me as a scrappy organization at least trying to 
> report things as they see them.  Better than the big three US 
> cable clown networks, not that that's saying much.
>
> -chris
>
>
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