BBC Censors FAUX!!

[Worst Username Ever]

Fox News censured for rant at BBC

Fox News, the US news network owned by Rupert Murdoch, has been found in breach of British broadcasting rules for an on-air tirade that accused the BBC of "frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Americanism".


http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1239094,00.html

[Guy_Montag]

1. Sorry had to highlight this part:

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It is unlikely, however, that the Fox rant would get past even a more relaxed regime in Britain, because of its lack of basis in fact.

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[Kellanved]

3. I liked this one even better

--snip
Ofcom said Fox had breached the programme code in three areas: failing to honour the "respect for truth" rule; failing to give the BBC an opportunity to respond; and failing to apply the rule that says, in a personal view section, "opinions expressed must not rest upon false evidence".


--snap


Edit:

The Thread title is misleading. Not the BBC censured - it can't - but Ofcom .
Anf course no censorship took place, as the censure was spoken out post-broadcast.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. God Bless You BBC!

[FizzFuzz]

4. how can WE get a media with some ethics like BBC?

sigh. I am very sad about what we've got here.

[Guy_Montag]

7. Do you not have PBS news? n/t

[FizzFuzz]

8. oh, yes actually

now I have to admit I never watch TV, so I forgot about that. I listen to NPR and get my info from here mostly.

But I wish PBS had the same large influence here that BBC has in England. That would be great. OK, I admit now that it is my PERCEPTION that BBC has a much much larger audience(and therefore a larger influence) there than PBS has here. And by BBC and its influence, I'm thinking in terms of influencing and reflecting something about honesty and ethics which I feel is missing in the US. Or getting bulldozed by a large RW conspiracy.

OK and now, I admit I'm rambling a bit.

[Guy_Montag]

10. I suppose the BBC is the main broadcaster in the UK,

much to Rupert's annoyance. :D

It employs 27,000 people you know.

[truthspeaker]

9. You mean the Pentagon Broadcasting Service?

PBS is a pale shadow of the ethics and professionalism of the BBC.

And the BBC has been pretty tame since Lord Hutton ruled it was "irresponsible" of them to run a story that turned out to be true.

[Goldmund]

5. That's censUres

It's not a simple typo. The two words have completely different meanings.

[Cocoa]

6. I second that important correction

[arbusto_baboso]

11. Funny. BBC is where I go for accurate reporting now.

Methinks Faux protests too much.