The way the BBC behave is proof that even now the most repected news organization in the world is acting like yellow journalism because the public want them to.
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Originally posted by Monique:
The way the BBC behave is proof that even now the most repected news organization in the world is acting like yellow journalism beca…
The Hutton report was a whitewash. The BBC made mistakes and they have admitted that. The government has also made mistakes and they have not yet acknowledged this. Hutton was far …
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Originally posted by SimeyTheLimey:
That reminds me, why the heck doesn't the iTunes store carry bands like the Sex Pistols? I'd like to replace some of my old t…
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Originally posted by dialo:
Some background on hutton:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/01/284545.html
Wow...great job posting this (and their compiling th…
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Originally posted by spacefreak:
If Hutton's ruling had been pro-BBC and declaring that Blair & Co.absolutely "sexed-up" the dossier, the left would be holdin…
Interesting, and contrarian, commentary by Martin Kettle, writing in The Guardian today on Hutton, and the UK media's 'circle-the-wagons denial of its findings.
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Originally posted by lil'babykitten:
The Hutton report was a whitewash. The BBC made mistakes and they have admitted that. The government has also made mistakes a…
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Originally posted by thunderous_funker:
Since you place such complete trust in independent inquiries, I'm curious why you aren't trumpeting the Carnegie Endowment…
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Originally posted by thunderous_funker:
And you (and perhaps Simey) would be dismissing it entirely as some kind of liberal conspiracy by Saddam-loving elites.
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It's funny, all of this. Was just listening to a senior Labour party MP who accused Bush of setting up Blair, because Bushy-eyed-cracker-head is going to have his enquiry after the…
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Originally posted by spacefreak:
Because the intelligence on Iraq that they accuse the Bush admin of misrepresenting is the practically the same information they …
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Originally posted by thunderous_funker:
Um. This report quotes intelligence as part of one chapter because the overall report in on proliferation trends.
The sec…
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Originally posted by spacefreak:
The first report actually lists Iraq's chemical stockpiles and discusses Iraq's nuclear ambitions and capabilites. But report #2…
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Originally posted by dialo:
We knew much more by March 03. UNMOVIC had unprecedented access and, even though it was just starting, actually allowed us to see tha…
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Originally posted by spacefreak:
Blix surely would have stated as much.
No, Blix would have stated that we needed to continue with inspections, but that there is "no …
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Originally posted by willed:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3437315.stm
I still trust the BBC, and think that the report was practically a white-wash. Al…
So now the hutton findings are under fire from the MoD's former leading expert on WMD.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/pol...p?story=487557
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/pol.…
So, what do you reactionaries think about the possibility of GWB dumping Cheney? Rumors abound of either a Bush/Rice or Bush/Gulianni ticket.
Thoughts?
CV
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Originally posted by chris v:
So, what do you reactionaries think about the possibility of GWB dumping Cheney? Rumors abound of either a Bush/Rice or Bush/Guliann…
Cheney has become a real lightening rod. If Dubya's poll numbers continue to show serious decline (like they have been), I fully expect Cheney to announce he's retiring for "health…