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Now a lot of us are probably aware at how bad most of the US network news stations are, but the following is just unbelievable:
http://blugg.com/stuff/foxs_view_of_the_bbc_player.htm

No doubt this is entirely politically motivated, designed to undermine the BBC`s news output in America on its own channel there, but surely this is slanderous and could be taken to court?

Or does the constitution in America allow people to openly say such things without fear of being sued? In which case I`d begin to think freedom of speech wasn`t such a great thing after all.

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oh dear. :/

Surely this has to be a joke!!! Not even americans can be such utter w***ers, can they? >:( >:(

Had some problems with the incoming data on that link, basically what was Fox News saying ?

JohnF

What a bunch of nationalist claptrap. A report based on far less reliable evidence that Gilligan`s original Today broadcast. In fact, that guy has got RIGHT up my nose - flag on his lapel my a**e.

This item was edited on Thursday, 5th February 2004, 15:26

Dan, know anything about US libel and slander laws? Do they actually have any? :)

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that is unbelievable... i`m lost for words

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Had some problems with the incoming data on that link, basically what was Fox News saying ?

"My word: Well today the British Broadcasting Corporation was forced to PAY UP for it`s blatant anti-americanism before and during the iraq war.... a frothing at the mouth anti-americanism that was obsessive, irrational and dishonest. The BBC, the beeb, was one of the worst offenders in the british press because it felt entitled to not only pillary america, americans and Geroge W Bush, but felt entitled to lie, and when caught lying felt entitled to defend it`s lying reporters and executives. The incident involved a reporter - Andrew Gilligan - who made a fool of himself in Baghdad when the american invasion actually arrived in the Iraqi capital. Gilligan, pro-iraqi and anti-american, insisted on-the-air that the iraqi army was heroically repulsing an incompetent american military. Video from our own Greg Kelly of the american army moving through Baghdad at will put the light to that. After the war, back in London, Gilligan got a guy named David Kelly to tell him a few things about pre-war assessments on Iraq`s weapons programmes and Gilligan exaggerated (LIED) about what Kelly had told him. Kelly commited suicide over the story and the BBC far from blaming itself insisted it`s reporter had a right to lie - exaggerate - because, well, the BBC knew the war was wrong and anything it could say to underscore that point had to be right. The British government investigation slammed the BBC today and a beeb exec resigned to show they got it, but they don`t. Next time you hear the BBC bragging about how superior the Brits are at delivering the news rather than americans who wear flags in their lapels, remember it was the beeb that got caught lying."

Imagine this said with sarcasm and american twattiness.

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Had some problems with the incoming data on that link, basically what was Fox News saying ?


Errrrrr....The truth!

Oscar.

I thought it must be a wind-up but then found the article on the Fox News website HERE