you big lug.
I've sent some wires and done a little stripping myself. Yes, getting the old paint off that dresser was a chore! Luv & Kisses,
Michelle
Posted on 03/25/2003 9:19:33 PM PST by Reagan is King
THE BBC was last night sensationally condemned for “one-sided” war coverage — by its own front line defence correspondent.
Paul Adams attacks the Beeb for misreporting the Allied advance in a blistering memo leaked to The Sun.
And he warned the BBC’s credibility is at risk for suggesting British troops are paying a “high price for small victories”.
On Monday, he wrote from US Central Command in Qatar: “I was gobsmacked to hear, in a set of headlines today, that the coalition was suffering ‘significant casualties’.
“This is simply NOT TRUE. Nor is it true to say — as the same intro stated — that coalition forces are fighting ‘guerrillas’.
“It may be guerrilla warfare, but they are not guerrillas.”
Adams’ memo was fired off to TV news head Roger Mosey, Radio news boss Stephen Mitchell and other Beeb chiefs.
It adds stunning weight to allegations that BBC coverage on all its networks is biased against the war.
In one blast, he storms: “Who dreamed up the line that the coalition are achieving ‘small victories at a very high price?’
“The truth is exactly the opposite.
“The gains are huge and the costs still relatively low. This is real warfare, however one-sided, and losses are to be expected.”
The BBC has come under attack for describing the loss of two soldiers as the “worst possible news for the armed forces”.
One listener asked: “How would the BBC have reported the Battle of the Somme in World War I when 25,000 men died on the first day?”
I've sent some wires and done a little stripping myself. Yes, getting the old paint off that dresser was a chore! Luv & Kisses,
Michelle
I looks as if "we" were right after all.
How many times have you heard, "If (insert reporter's name here) has such a problem with what's going on, maybe he should pick up a gun and stand a post!"
It seems as if this is what has happened and it is having the desired effect. Bravo.
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LOL. As an aside, I usually check my spelling for any word over five letters because I type quite poorly. When looking up "correspondent" on Atomica -- a great free service, by the way, for any who need to quickly look up a word and don't want to leave their current URL -- here's what I found . . .
"I'd get into a room and disappear into the woodwork. Now the rooms are so crowded with reporters getting behind-the-scenes stories that nobody can get behind-the-scenes stories."
–On his method of reporting, recalled on his death, 15 May 86
Theodore H White
"The first sergeant says we have to move now (OK John..I'll wrap it, let's go!). We are moving now, so I have to go."
You are all correct---this experience is already having a profound impact on newsrooms and cable outlets--as well as print media. Did you read the story about the reporter in Newsweek who almost got killed, and then decided to stay with a unit from now on? He even said his photographer was "rescued by fellow Americans."
This is a far cry from the journalistic traitors that claimed in interviews they would allow Americans to die before they would "compromise their news sources."
When this war is over (and it will end, I assure you, with our victory) these men and women who were embedded will return to New York, Los Angeles, London, and Washington DC and tell stories at cocktail parties to the ones who stayed behind....and I bet 99% of them will not tolerate allegations by their fellow newsies that our brave American, British, and Aussie troops were out there killing civilians with wanton glee or mongering for Iraqi blood.
They will look at the liberals in the newsroom and say: "Wrong! I was there."
The New York Times reporter was John Burns. He was on again, tonight, on both PBS and ABC. He was astonishing. Tonight on PBS he had reservations on the Iraqi government's contention that a missle caused the civilian casualties in the marketplace, stating the crater did not look like a bomb crater (too small). On CBS he spoke how the civilians on the scene at the marketplace blast treated the western journalist with no animosity, even shaking the journalists hands when they learned the journalists home countries.
We need to learn more about John Burns. He is not your typical New York Times reporter.
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