Al Jazeera TV and the BBC
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I don't care about al Jazeera bias, because from what I have seen on the BBC World service TV (and even more so on CNN) western news agencies are using their footage simply as another resource.
I don't feel that BBC World are being sucked into pro-islamic propoganda (of which there is plenty), any more than they are being sucked into pro-coalition propoganda (of which there is also plenty). I am impressed by the even handed way the BBC seem to treat information and I think their reporting looks pretty balanced.
I have access to Sky at work and apart from the apalling amateurish nature of their report (news channel of the year - my ar*e!) they really seem to be aiming for the Sun reader, gutter level with their tone.
Best thing of all - living overseas, I don't have to pay a licence fee to see BBC news!
I don't feel that BBC World are being sucked into pro-islamic propoganda (of which there is plenty), any more than they are being sucked into pro-coalition propoganda (of which there is also plenty). I am impressed by the even handed way the BBC seem to treat information and I think their reporting looks pretty balanced.
I have access to Sky at work and apart from the apalling amateurish nature of their report (news channel of the year - my ar*e!) they really seem to be aiming for the Sun reader, gutter level with their tone.
Best thing of all - living overseas, I don't have to pay a licence fee to see BBC news!
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If anyone has tried the Al-Jazeera link http://english.aljazeera.net/ it is still in Arabic only. I found somewhere on the Web that said because of the huge amount of hacking it has suffered it will delay going live in English to mid-April.
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Well this mob Jazeera are hypocrits. I think myself there are too many journalists in this theatre of war at the moment. 600 embeded with coalition units and 1600 freelance, whom I belive are hampering targeting of enemy targets by coalition forces. An example would be the Minitsry if Info which was missiled last night. Western Media were in the buliding and evacuated before the attack. So whats going on, is a hinderance to the coalition operation. Then there are the comments by Arnett an NBC reporter, who made comments on Jazeera about the fact that Coalition forces had paused and were rethinking tactics. I didnt think Mr. Arnett would be be privy to such important so called accurate info. His comments were broadcast all over the Arab States and Iraq. Maybe it would will look good on his resume for Al Jazeera or the Iraq Ministry of Information.The media are having a big affect on this war. and the U.S. and UK Coalition need to do something about it. I think before long there will be a n order for all freelance to leave the theatre.
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And now the al Jazeera boys fall foul of the Iraqis.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/2911935.stm
Maybe they are not so much the Bad Guys pals we though they were?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/2911935.stm
Maybe they are not so much the Bad Guys pals we though they were?
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It is not just the military that will be learing lessons after this war I can assure you. Read in a television industry journal called "Broadcast" this week a piece written by Stuart Pervis (editor at ITN) about the death of Terry Lloyd. He said "we have always said no story is worth dying for, but did we actually believe it". No, I feel is clearly the answer, and they have paid the ultimate sacrifice for it.
The journos are learning fast that the battlefield is no place to be on our own, and that war is 99% boredom, 1% sheer bloody terror. The media have flooded Iraq with journos all hoping to be the one that gets the big story and sadly they have caused more confusion then they have reported news. The great 120 Iraqi tanks advancing out of Basra for example, was a journo getting carried away, led to mass media speculation of major battle. Turned out to be 3 tanks quickly dealt with by the Challenger IIs.
They journos are also learing that we dont want 24 hour graphic coverage of the war. We want some normality as well. We dont want to see dead bodies and POWs being interrogated live on cable networks thank you very much.
Was deeply saddened the BBC (Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation) decided no to show the programme about Ellen McArthur the yachtswoman last night, but replaced it with a special programme of reports from their brave warriors in the desert.
The journos are learning fast that the battlefield is no place to be on our own, and that war is 99% boredom, 1% sheer bloody terror. The media have flooded Iraq with journos all hoping to be the one that gets the big story and sadly they have caused more confusion then they have reported news. The great 120 Iraqi tanks advancing out of Basra for example, was a journo getting carried away, led to mass media speculation of major battle. Turned out to be 3 tanks quickly dealt with by the Challenger IIs.
They journos are also learing that we dont want 24 hour graphic coverage of the war. We want some normality as well. We dont want to see dead bodies and POWs being interrogated live on cable networks thank you very much.
Was deeply saddened the BBC (Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation) decided no to show the programme about Ellen McArthur the yachtswoman last night, but replaced it with a special programme of reports from their brave warriors in the desert.
