Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 02:46:28 +0100 From: "Charles C." <c.k.christacopoulos_removeme_nospamee.ac.uk> Subject: Re: GM to cut virtually all Saab's ties to Sweden
Pooh Bear wrote: > "Mr. Manfredjensen" wrote: >=20 >=20 >>"Pooh Bear" <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> wrote in message >>news:42953A94.84D62A01nospamail.com... >> >>>Ever tried watching the BBC ? It's *renowned* worldwide for its impart= ial >>>coverage of events. You don't get a reputation like that without a his= tory >>>of >>>excellence in reporting. >> >>When I watched the BBC Iraq war coverage I was wondering "Where is all = the >>objectivity people boast about?" Saw a good deal of British Patriotism >>coming through in reports of how amazing the British soldiers are doing= =2E >>Then I watched the news from France, which airs nightly at 7PM (subtit= led) >>on Channel 25 here in New York and their take was very different. Not >>objective so much as coming from the other side. A clich=E9 really what= with >>French/American relations at a low point. Everyone wants to believe the= y >>have a hold on the truth and everyone else is brainwashed by propaganda= =2E >=20 >=20 > There was a widely held view here that although only a minority of the= British > population supported the latest Iraq war - we ought to support 'our boy= s' once > they were in battle since they weren't in a position to say 'no thanks,= we'd > rather be out of here ' ! >=20 > That didn't mean we supported the means and ends. >=20 > Having said that - the reporting from the 'front' was highly managed by= the > military. You work with the best you have I guess. There were independe= nts out > there too. At least one Brit independent reporter lost his life ( somew= hat > controversially - it was suggested he was shot up by US troops ) in a = fire > fight. >=20 > Graham >=20 >=20 The BBC followed the government line over the war. Period! Nothing to=20 do with patriotism or objective reporting. Unless you forget the 6(?)=20 "murdered" military policemen. Since when are soldiers ever murdered=20 whilst in action? But it was politically better if they were murdered=20 than killed in action. I am afraid the BBC, most of the time,=20 prostituted itself over the war. That is what the British people wanted = to hear. Instead of arguing the case of the Americans being in favour of the war=20 (as if the British were not ... you might have got a 10-20% difference=20 of opinion) you should be arguing the case against GM and the fact that=20 it is not known in Europe for any brand of car unlike Ford (scratches=20 head to think of other known US car makers who sell in Europe under=20 their own name) Japanese or European car makers. For example do we think of Volvos being made my Ford and being Mondeos? No (Any Volvo owners here?) But we do think of the cheaper Jaguars as being rebranded Mondeos. My problem is I can't think of GM as being an original car manufacturer, = it seems more like a company that buys other companies and uses their=20 brand names. Although I agree with your sentiments about the war, when you have a=20 forum that actually unites people of different nationalities because=20 they have a common interest you are better off leaving politics out of=20 it (or attempts to poke them in the eye). To generalise like you, since when do the British learn foreign=20 languages? Doesn't all the world speak English? Isn't Macdonald's=20 operating in Spain just to cater for the British tourists who can't=20 stand foreign food :-P ;-) Charles --=20 Please remove _removeme_ to reply. Work: http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ Hobby: http://www.egothor.org/
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