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: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: 02 August 2009 04:31 > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
