Blair criticizes BBC for anti-American coverage


Tony Blair apparently criticized privately, the BBC's anti-American slant with News Corp owner Rupert Murdoch. Of course Rupert Murdoch also owns Fox News, so you know what that means.

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, in addressing a seminar in New York Saturday organized by former President Bill Clinton, related a conversation he had had with Blair a few days earlier.

Murdoch, whose news organizations compete with the British Broadcasting Corp., told the audience: "Tony Blair -- perhaps I shouldn't repeat this conversation -- told me yesterday that he was in Delhi last week and he turned on the BBC World Service to see what was happening in New Orleans.

"And he said it was just full of hate for America and gloating about our troubles."

Downing Street has declined to comment or elaborate on the prime minister's views, but the fact that he revealed them to Murdoch will be seen as a further sign of his closeness to the tycoon, British newspaper The Telegraph said Monday.

Clinton said that, while the BBC reports were factually accurate, the coverage had been "stacked up" to criticize President Bush's handling of the catastrophe.

Then again the BBC hasn't really been too kind to Blair either.


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Kudos for BLAIR he is showing some backbone

Posted by: screaming eagle at September 20, 2005 10:08 PM

It just goes to show you that the liberal media isn't just in The United States but in Eu also. But ours sucks more

Posted by: rob at September 21, 2005 10:30 PM

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