And Platt, couldn't resist this one .... This is how the jolly old Brits conduct a war ;-) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/6545841.stm
Ian On 4/11/07, ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jos, Platt, > > Platt a Grauniad reader - I can't wait :-) > > In defence of the BBC, whom I still suppport, I'd say that their radio > and on-line coverage still seems second to none in scope and depth, > even if the BBC TV news has gone the way of most entertainment TV. But > as I said, the most important quality of news is variety of sources > anyway. Any one source is always risky. > > Update here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6544567.stm > > BTW Platt dare I point out again, that you have not actually addressed > yourself the subject of your own thread .... the morality of > servicemen / women selling such stories. > No change there then. > Ian > > On 4/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting "Laycock, Jos (OSPT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Hi Platt > > > > > > I trust proper journalists to acurately report statements made and to > > > keep this > > > distinct from their own comments and analysis. Good papers like the > > > Guardian and > > > Independent do this well and if they are speculating they just say so! > > > Its really > > > not hard to do this, but so many others fail terribly. > > > On this point it's really not a trust issue at all, as much it is an > > > issue of > > > competence and proffesionalism. > > > > > > On the TV, Sky news is good (despite its oligarch connections) and if its > > > web-based your after, aljazeera cant be beat for impartiality. I'm afraid > > > the BBC > > > has become increasingly spun of late and the news anchors are just plain > > > annoying. (I also read Eye Spy magazine for a laugh but if you tell > > > anyone I'll > > > have to kill you). > > > > Thanks for your recommendations. I'll use the Guardian and Independent as > > sources > > in the future when I want to find out what's going on in jolly old England. > > In > > the meantime, I hope something good comes out of the investigation of the > > Iranian > > hostage incident. > > > > Regards, > > Platt > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > > moq_discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
