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Tuesday, 11th September 2007

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The Stakhanovite Tom Gross has this example on his site of how the BBC (to continue the theme of my post below) defines objectivity. Here's how it's kiddie section describes 9/11:

 

Guides: 11 September 2001 attacksLast Updated: Friday June 29 2007 10:33 GMT

Why did they do it?

The way America has got involved in conflicts in regions like the Middle East has made some people very angry, including a group called al-Qaeda - who are widely thought to have been behind the attacks.

In the past, al-Qaeda leaders have declared a holy war - called a jihad - against the US. As part of this jihad, al-Qaeda members believe attacking US targets is something they should do.

When the attacks happened in 2001, there were a number of US troops in a country called Saudi Arabia, and the leader of al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, said he wanted them to leave.

As Tom puts it:

It is not quite the al-Qaeda view, but it almost is. 

 

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David Preiser

September 11th, 2007 8:04pm

It used to be much worse until they were caught out and forced to change it: http://biased-bbc.blogspot.com/2007/06/radical-impartiality-for-young-minds.html

September 11th, 2007 8:06pm

It used to be much worse. The page used to question who the perpetrators were at all, and another page on OBL state that Israeli Jews were the enemies of his religion. http://biased-bbc.blogspot.com/2007/06/radical-impartiality-for-young-minds.html

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