[MD] Making money from surrender?

[ian glendinning]

And Platt, couldn't resist this one ....

This is how the jolly old Brits conduct a war ;-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/6545841.stm

Ian

On 4/11/07, ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jos, Platt,
>
> Platt a Grauniad reader - I can't wait :-)
>
> In defence of the BBC, whom I still suppport, I'd say that their radio
> and on-line coverage still seems second to none in scope and depth,
> even if the BBC TV news has gone the way of most entertainment TV. But
> as I said, the most important quality of news is variety of sources
> anyway. Any one source is always risky.
>
> Update here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6544567.stm
>
> BTW Platt dare I point out again, that you have not actually addressed
> yourself the subject of your own thread .... the morality of
> servicemen / women selling such stories.
> No change there then.
> Ian
>
> On 4/11/07, pholden at davtv.com <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
> > Quoting "Laycock, Jos (OSPT)" <Jos.Laycock at OFFSOL.GSI.GOV.UK>:
> >
> > > Hi Platt
> > >
> > > I trust proper journalists to acurately report statements made and to keep this
> > > distinct from their own comments and analysis. Good papers like the Guardian and
> > > Independent do this well and if they are speculating they just say so! Its really
> > > not hard to do this, but so many others fail terribly.
> > > On this point it's really not a trust issue at all, as much it is an issue of
> > > competence and proffesionalism.
> > >
> > > On the TV, Sky news is good (despite its oligarch connections) and if its
> > > web-based your after, aljazeera cant be beat for impartiality. I'm afraid the BBC
> > > has become increasingly spun of late and  the news anchors are just plain
> > > annoying. (I also read Eye Spy magazine for a laugh but if you tell anyone I'll
> > > have to kill you).
> >
> > Thanks for your recommendations. I'll use the Guardian and Independent as sources
> > in the future when I want to find out what's going on in jolly old England. In
> > the meantime, I hope something good comes out of the investigation of the Iranian
> > hostage incident.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Platt
> >
> >
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