http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5040886.stm

finally!! all my dreams have come true!!! we'll finally get some (*)(*)(*)(*) good news!!!

if good is the same as skewed like hell to the left then the news will be absolutely fantastic. I've seen enough, they are as biased as the old CNN.

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JMS gets another English lesson:

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.

Ya, so instead of getting a liberal bias we should all get a conservative one from FOX.

Stick to reading AP bulletins if you care anything at all about getting the most unbiased news. The AP, of course, works because of market forces: they have to remain pretty center for CNN, FOX, et al to buy their stuff.

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I'm glad because we will have get relevant news, not the crap we see on Fox and CNN. Moreover, the BBC is run by the British not by Americans. They're not biased towards the Democrats, thats just stupid. The BBC is international reknown as the best and most credible news outlet in the world. Its pathetic that your immediate response is "they're just to the left," especially when what counts about the BBC is that they wont cover just American news, but so much more international.

Yes, I'm cautiously happy about this. Better than the propaganda were receiving now. When the Scooter Libby Indictment story broke, I first learned about it through Cspan and then the BBC. The mainstream media is reluctant to step on the toes of the political & corporate leaders.

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The BBC enjoys a reputation worldwide for having the highest standards of impartiality in news journalism. Just because they dont aceept uncritically all news direct from US administration and military sources, or view those sources as the final arbiters of 'truth' in certain matters, it does not then follow that they are 'skewed like hell to the left'. That has become the defining characteristic of some people's determination of 'left' or 'right' bias in media - do they accept uncritically, in a time of 'war', the press war of the one side or the other? I presume we have heard of psyops, propoganda? 'The first casualty of war...' etc?

The BBC plays for neither the one side nor the other. This pisses off both (often, their own government from whom they receive funding), for obvious reasons...

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Apparently not, this link has several links to those who say otherwise. This would include other governments. Oh, and the BBC's own former chairman admits that their news is left. Not only are they not impartial I'd say they're more impartial than Fox, just to the opposite side.

http://www.politicalforum.com/viewto...&highlight=bbc

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JMS gets another English lesson:

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

The result:

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.

this time try reading closer, left wing spin does not equal biased towards democrats. They spin to the left as much (if not more so) that Fox spins right. And there are plenty of non-Americans (including the BBC's own former chairman) who say so.

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JMS gets another English lesson:

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

The result:

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.

The BBC is less biased than CNN. It is a step in the right direction.

To be honest I didnt know this was news...I thought we already had a US version of the BBC on cable.

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People worry way too much about bias, as though it actually has some major effect.
What's important is that the BBC talks about important international news from a variety of angles. For the most part the interviewers are critical and annoying to every politician they talk to- as they should be- because Brits are so cynical about politics.
No news is without bias. The BBC is probably the closest to fair out of the existing networks. And they certainly have some of the most professional journalists and the most extensive coverage of world news.
Unfortunately they're also WAY too boring for American audiences. I expect a dumb-down.

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