[Jameison]

"This is the funniest thread I've read in a long time - an anti-BBC rant written by a Murdoch lackie who works for The Times and Fox, both direct competitors to the BBC"

Fox competes with the BBC?
In what country is that at?
BBC news doesn't even appear on the radar screen in this country.
The BBC doesn't need a rant from anyone to prove how biased and nasty they are.
Their craven acts speak for themselves.

"The fact that it has had to be published in what amounts to a glorified blog, rather than a real media source just underlines how clearly Gerard Baker is attempting a hatchet job at the behest of his master, Murdoch"

Rubbish.
Realclearpolirics has an excellent reputation, and far more credibility than the BBC Al Quaeda propaganda machine.
After all, it was the BBC that claimed Americans troops were not at Baghdad Airport during the Iraq War, long after American troops had captured the place.
Turns out the BBC "journalist" who was filing that report, one fiber named Andrew Gilligan, was not even at the Baghdad Airport at all, when he claimed he was, on air.

I'm disappointed the sophisticated consumers of this board fell for such a transparent tactic by Rupert Murdoch!

That word "sophisticated" again. You mean "sophisticated like the BBC that pimps socialism and trashes America?

[Vectorian]

'Fox competes with the BBC?
In what country is that at?
BBC news doesn't even appear on the radar screen in this country.
The BBC doesn't need a rant from anyone to prove how biased and nasty they are.
Their craven acts speak for themselves.'

Yes Fox competes with the BBC - Rupert Murdochs news international owns fox and they compete worldwide with the BBC. Obviously RM wants to stop the BBC before it appears on your radar.

'After all, it was the BBC that claimed Americans troops were not at Baghdad Airport during the Iraq War, long after American troops had captured the place.
Turns out the BBC "journalist" who was filing that report, one fiber named Andrew Gilligan, was not even at the Baghdad Airport at all, when he claimed he was, on air.'

You don't even chew before you swallow Murdochs nonsense do you? Here's a link from an independent investigation of how Fox lied about what Andrew Gilligan said and refused to correct their lies:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/obb/prog_cb/pcb_11/upheld_cases

'That word "sophisticated" again. You mean "sophisticated like the BBC that pimps socialism and trashes America?'

No, I mean sophisticated like people who may not like the BBC, but are smart enough to know when Rupert Murdoch has told one of his lackies to put the boot in to further his own empire.