And I forgot to includet .INT in that list, as I always do.
And did you know that if the UK was playing by the rules, all the .UK addresses should be .GB addresses? The UK is the only state not to use exclusively the ISO3166 country code for its country top level domain.
John Gibson's reply. If you haven't heard it already.
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After Thursday's 'My Word' on the BBC (search), the British Broadcasting Company... I got a few emails from outraged Brits.
They were ticked off I could say such nasty things about a network they have come to know as "mother," and which went off on an anti-American rant for the entire period before and during the Iraq war.(continues)
So now we have the chairman, the vice president of news and the reporter resigning... and people are telling me the BBC did nothing wrong? Then
why did these guys resign?
So now we have the chairman, the vice president of news and the reporter resigning... and people are telling me the BBC did nothing wrong? Then
why did these guys resign?
They did NOT resign because of anti-Americanism. Full stop. I don't deny wrongdoings happened... what I can't stand is the American public being told rubbish by John Gibson. John Gibson is as guilty of lying as Andrew Gilligan.
The point he is making is that the BBC is anti-American. I disagree with him, but that ISN'T the point. The point I take issue with is the fact he took that accusation of anti-Americanism and mixed it in with the Hutton Inquiry. THAT is where the misleading factor comes into play. And that is what I was angered about. He hasn't addressed that point at all. Instead he bites back at the furious Beeb-loving Brits - something I knew he would do.
Now I have picked myself up off the floor laughing at your diatribe at the BBC I thought I would correct you on a couple of points
You say that the British say the Americans are to stupid to vote for Bush. That's quite untrue. We all know the Americans didn't vote for Bush, but in fact elected Al Gore. Correct me if am wrong but he did get more votes than Bush.
The office of President was handed to Bush by several supreme Court Judges all appointed by his father on the grounds he won the election in Florida, where his brother had removed hundreds of Democrat voters from the electoral role. It makes Mugabe look positively democratic.
As for the BBC it's one of the most trusted news organizations in the World, simply because it does tell the truth. Sure it makes mistakes, don't we all, but millions of people support, believe in and rely on it around the world. It was a lifeline to those in the darkest days of the Soviet Union, even Gorbachev needed it to find out what was going on during the coup against him. During the crisis in Tienamen Square Chinese students held banners thanking the BBC. Millions still listen in that country to get impartial news. Incidentally BBC World used to be available in China but was removed by your boss, Rupert Murdoch, on the instructions of the Chinese Communist Party. He may be a capitalist, but doesn't baulk at selling out to Communists in order to make some money.
Finally it is one of the most trusted sources of News throughout the Arab World, via it's Arabic service. People trust the BBC because it does tell the truth, whether or not it supports the view of the British or American Government. You seam to share the views of Senator Joseph McCarthy on free speech. To call it Anti American is to miss the very basis of it's existence.
Well here's my reply reply to John Gibson's reply. It's not particularly eloquent or well structured, but as with my other reply to Gibson, I just typed it as it came out:
With reference to your reply to the e-mails you received...
The basic point you are making is that the BBC is anti-American. I disagree with you, but I am not taking issue with that. You have missed what I - and I'm sure most other "Brits" - are taking issue with.
Not many people would deny the BBC did anything wrong - hence the resignations of a number of staff.
But this had NOTHING to do with anti-Americanism. Whether you or anyone else thinks the BBC is anti-American is besides the point.
What you have done, and what you have told many millions of Americans, is that the Hutton Inquiry was about anti-Americanism. It was NOT - it was DOMESTIC. It had NOTHING to do with anti-Americanism. Had you ranted about BBC anti-Americanism without mentioning Hutton, it would be quite a different debate - a logical debate.
You have mixed these two together, and THAT is what I take issue with. And that is what you have not addressed in the slightest.
Many thanks,
Daniel S
(My mother is the BBC, apparently)