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Whose Agenda? The BBC Reporters' Log on the Iraq War
River Path Associates ^ | 09/26/03 | Victoria Collis

Posted on 09/26/2003 7:53:04 AM PDT by Victoria Collis

New evidence submitted to the Hutton Inquiry supports recent claims of bias against the BBC’s coverage of the Iraq War.

Whose Agenda? The BBC Reporters’ Log on the Iraq War, a quantitative analysis of articles posted online by BBC journalists throughout the War, found that correspondents were more likely to criticise Coalition strategy and discuss setbacks than to offer praise or evaluate advances. Reporters were also more likely to be sceptical of claims made by the Coalition than they were of claims made by the Iraqi authorities.

Whose Agenda? is based on 1343 posts made on the BBC Reporters’ Log between March 19th and April 17th 2003 by 141 correspondents, including senior journalists such as John Simpson, Rageh Omaar and Andrew Gilligan.

The analysis, conducted by David Steven and Mark Weston found that:

76% of all posts that were sceptical of claims made about campaign progress on either side raised doubts about statements issued by the US and UK governments

58% of all reports on the Coalition’s progress focused on setbacks, which were also reported in greater detail than the 42% of posts that dealt with Coalition successes

While 60% of all posts that analysed Iraqi strategy were positive and 40% negative, 69% of all posts that focused on Coalition strategy were critical and 31% were positive.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bbc; gilligan; hutton; iraq; kelly

1 posted on 09/26/2003 7:53:13 AM PDT by Victoria Collis
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To: Victoria Collis; Timesink; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ..
Thanks for the post.

More proof BBC was (is) undermining our heroes in Iraq.

See also:
 *http://www.biased-bbc.blogspot.com/

 Thanks, Tonkin!

If you want on or off my Pro-Coalition ping list, please Freepmail me. Warning: it is a high volume ping list on good days. (Most days are good days).

2 posted on 09/26/2003 8:14:41 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("I was taught to love America." ~ Freeper 'Bullish' ~ 1960's LA public school.)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I tuned in to the BBC while I was on FR one day during the war and couldn't handle it.
3 posted on 09/26/2003 8:20:19 AM PDT by MEG33
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
4 posted on 09/26/2003 8:21:39 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Victoria Collis
An anti-western bias in our own media is so common, and so pervasive, it hardly merits comment any more. Nevertheless, I'm glad it's no longer the only voice with any range. Thank God for the internet, talk radio, and Fox News. Without these, we'd be forever lost in the morass of communist, anti-western, anti-democracy rhetoric, with no response.
5 posted on 09/26/2003 8:29:02 AM PDT by jim35
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
6 posted on 09/26/2003 9:19:14 AM PDT by windchime
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
The BBC is irrelevant!
7 posted on 09/26/2003 10:32:08 AM PDT by blackie
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To: Victoria Collis
Thanks for this. It will be very useful to me.
8 posted on 09/26/2003 2:07:07 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: Victoria Collis
bump
9 posted on 09/26/2003 3:18:55 PM PDT by GOPJ
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To: Freee-dame
Very interesting data!
10 posted on 09/26/2003 4:50:47 PM PDT by maica (Mainstream American)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl

BBC Bob and Baghdad Bob: cut on the bias?

11 posted on 09/26/2003 5:14:42 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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