Fox's take on the BBC...

[Woodlouse2002]

...Or the funniest thing i've heard in a long time.

http://blugg.com/stuff/foxs_view_of_the_bbc_player.htm

I assume this is genuine. Broadcast by the Fox network, and we all know how liberal they are... Did you know Fox news tried to sue the Simpsons for having a spoof scrolling news bar in one of their episodes? They forgot that Fox airs the Simpsons...

Anyway, watch and laugh. I particularly like the bit at the end...

[Craig.]

hahahaha. But remember a few things.
Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch. Who also Owns Sky news here. And who is the BBC's opponent in the news Sky news:) And where as they couldnt get away with something like that here. Very little they can do when its in US.
then again i dont like the bbc too much anyway, if it wasnt for neighbours i wouldnt watch at all. I didnt admit that though ok

[Jaffa]

Troubling to find the humor...although because I didn't personally see/hear the reporting of the BBC, it is hard to agree or disagree with what Mr. Gibson has to say.  

To quote my Chemistry teacher:  


"I would tend to agree"

[Woodlouse2002]

Well, the humour will no doubt be lost on you yanks as I doubt you will have heard much background infomation. but basically that dude as told almost as many lies and exaggerations as the BBC did over the whole Iraq thing.

[Craig.]

they need the iraqi information minister to complete it:)

[Hagar]

After watching the first few comments I could bear no more. This is the biggest load of nonsense I've seen for a long time. If this is an example of the way Fox News operates they have no right to call themselves a news service. They should be on the Comedy channel. Compared to this, the BBC is on a different planet.

For anyone interested, these are the facts behind what they are supposedly reporting. The Hutton Report. http://www.the-hutton-enquiry.fsworld.co.uk/
An official enquiry into the events leading to the suicide of government scientist Dr David Kelly & whether the British govenment & the press contributed to it. The government was cleared (what a big surprise.. ) & the BBC was severely criticised leading to several resignations. Many people in the UK, including me & the late Dr Kelly's family, regard the whole thing as a whitewash.

[ozzy72]

Afraid to say, but Fox are kind of the News of The World of TV
The BBC tends towards quality journalism, and the Hutton report tends to make them into scapegoats. Mind you some of the older members here can probably remember his part in the original Bloody Sunday inquiry. And his view on other lawyers, and juries

[HawkerTempest5]

I didn't find that funny at all. In fact I'm quite offended by it.

[Maccers]

I'm sorry I couldn't help bursting out with laughter when i heard this. But im seriously offended too.
'Blantent Anti-Americanisam, before and during the iraq war' - Last time i checked the United Kingdom of Great Britian and the United States of America were both democrocies, so we can voice our opinions. and of course Gilligan weren't the only one to appose the war, I seem to remember millions of protesters across the globe apposed this. (as i remember a lot of american protesters tried it, and lost their 3rd amendment right, i think)
'Obbsessive, irrational and dishonest' - Well the governments said there were WMD there, where are they? >:( so technically, your lying.

Three words on this subjet
...'Only in America'...

Two words on this reporter
...'dick head'...

[Hagar]

I don't usually make political comments but in my view the whole thing was an exercise to restrict the traditional impartiality of BBC news reporting. In that they have succeeded & lost the best Director General of a generation in the process. This was a sad day for freedom of speech. IMHO

Meanwhile Fox News & no doubt others like them are allowed to get away with spouting complete rubbish. If this clip is an example I wonder what other nonsense they report under the guise of news. What scares me is that some people actually believe a word of what they say.

[Craig.]

Fox, has in the past prooven to be unreliable. Like i said owned by rupert murdoch. They tend to stretch the truth themselves quite often.

[Hagar]

Fox, has in the past prooven to be unreliable. Like i said owned by rupert murdoch. They tend to stretch the truth themselves quite often.

That is an understatement. LOL
It strikes me that as possibly the most powerful media mogul in the world this man has more influence on public opinion than any politician. He is quite ruthless & will support whoever & whatever happens to suit him at the time.

[Omag 2.0]

Well, i think this is RUDE!

Who are they to judge on other stations? Certainly not on the Quality-broadcasting compagny BBC! If this is genuine, than FOX should be ashamed of itselve. This is no journalism, this is an attack on another station. Very rude.

Cut the cr*p and learn to deal with critism! It's not cause America is one of the worlds superpower there always right. Let go of that extreme partiotism and open your eyes! if things go wrong, they should be said, in a civil way.

[pete]

Fox news is a bit like the Daily Mail newspaper in the UK - low brow, not to be taken seriously & aimed at the mass (& generally stupid) audience. The same kind of people who CAN watch Jerry Springer with anything other than a facination of just how near to monkeys humans really are  ;D

[Maccers]

Fox news is a bit like the Daily Mail newspaper in the UK

I don't read newspapers here, but i think a better paper to realte this with would be The Sun (also owned by Rupert Murdoch i believe )