BBC
Jun 1 2011, Rudolf

When it comes to how the BBC covers the Third World, you are allowed to call the news organization a dick. That is the word the Americans prefer to use for penis. In this case, it refers to someone who is inconsiderate.

But you also have to give...

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Alex, Portland
Charles Taylor’s lawyer, Courtenay Griffiths, has told the BBC’s Peter Biles that he will return to court and re-engage with the proceedings when and if the...
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Iftikhar Ahmad, London
BBC Panorama: Muslim Schooling John Ware is nothing more than an Islamophobe and an Islam basher. To single out Islam as the only religion where such so-called...
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Elvis, Tirane
A report accusing Kosovo’s political leaders of organ-trafficking has sent shockwaves around Europe and, as the BBC’s Central Europe correspondent Nick...
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Stacey, Liverpool
The BBC is locked in talks with the government over drastic cuts to the World Service budget which could force it to withdraw from Burma and several other...
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Michael Davison, Raanana
When I saw the headline of this article, my first thought was, “What, again?” I was expecting a typical BBC hatchet job on Israel, as usual. Anyone who’s...
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Aam Admi, Mumbai
Hi, I am not a security expert, nuclear expert, scientist, but a humble citizen of this country. Before signing a Nuclear Liability Bill, we should discuss and inspect...
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Rose Ng'ang'a, Nairobi
A journalist working for a private newspaper has been shot dead in front of his house in the Rwandan capital. Witnesses say Jean Leonard Rugambage, the acting editor...
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Anirudh, Mumbai
Is the Municipal Corporations in the country functioning upto the satisfaction of the people of their respective area? Your answer might be a firm ‘No’. Most of the...
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Anirudh, Mumbai
It is sad that Mr. Gulam Nabi Azad, our Hon’ble Health Minister not much active in handling various grievances of public domain and addressing the corruption in...
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Jamie, Manchester
Nottinghamshire police have arrested the 70-year old television presenter Ray Gosling on suspicion of murder after he told BBC viewers he killed a former lover who was...
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Robb, Derby
On Saturday evening I watched the Sue Lloyd-Roberts report from Harare in its entirety - and there is one part of the report that I believe needs discussion - and...
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Kieth, Kampala
The British Broadcasting Corp. suffered criticism from lawmakers Wednesday for inviting debate on whether homosexuals should face execution in Uganda. The broadcaster...
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Oscar, Oaxaca
Somewhere in Guadalajara there is a very sad Mama dinosaur praying and pleading for the safe return of her stolen animatronic baby. A remote-controlled dinosaur robot...
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Richard, Wellington
A species of snail fish–the deepest living fish in the world–have been captured on camera n the southern hemisphere for the first time. These strange,...
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Michael Kerjman, The Earth
An ancient Egyptian bust on display at the Field Museum in Chicago has been the focus of interest since the star’s death as visitors double-take at the eerie...
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Daniel, Pretoria
The BBC and CNN will be able to report freely from Zimbabwe for the first time in eight years after restrictions were lifted by the country’s...
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Jamie, Manchester
Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the BBC Trust, began a fightback against plans to slice off part of the BBC’s £3.6 billion licence fee as hopes grew that the scheme...
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Keith, London
The BBC has offered to apologise to the Muslim Council of Britain after airing claims the organisation encouraged the killing of British troops. The comments were made...
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Grace Calderon, Quezon City
The BBC has finally issued its apology for the demeaning portrayal of Filipino women in an episode of its comedy series “Harry and Paul”. The sketch insulted...
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Madhuri Katti, Kolkata
The US space agency’s five decades in space have given the world many memorable moving images. The BBC News website has collated just some of the many gripping...
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R.M.Paulraj, Bangalore
A sting operation by the BBC has exposed a network which has helped hundreds of Indians to enter the UK illegally with the help of forged documents. Allegedly run by...
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Elad Shem-Tov, Irvine
I have a love-hate relation with BBC. I love BBC because of how much I can learn about the world at one sitting at their website. I hate BBC because of their...
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pic: of Museveni “If he (Mugabe) loses elections he must go. How can you stay without winning elections? It’s impossible,” President Museveni sharing...
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A Canadian privacy group has filed a complaint against the social networking site Facebook accusing it of violating privacy laws.
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Vikas, solan
- Myanmar has deported a BBC journalist who tried to enter the country to report on a cyclone that has killed 22,000 people, saying he had violated visa regulations, a...
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Amanda Thomas, newbury
The last time I looked, my licence fee paid grudgingly to the BBC for their broadcast efforts, included radio. This Sunday in the Daily Mail was an article about...
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Lee, Dublin
Comedian Ben Elton has accused the BBC of prohibiting jokes about imams and said the corporation was too “scared” to allow gags about Islam. He told Third...
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Rekha, Bangalore
Camera crews discovered a colony of Adélie penguins while filming on King George Island, some 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands. The programme is being presented...
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Sameer Kumar, Hyderabad
Is the modern media really a difference maker or is it just another profession, which is claiming a moral high ground that does not exist? I have seen in the last month...
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The Conservatives renewed their challenge to Gordon Brown to call an early election after David Cameron pulled off a significant comeback in the opinion polls. ...
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U.S. soldiers stand near a hole that damaged the roof of the BBC headquarters in Baghdad after a rocket attack Friday, May 9, 2008. A rocket hit the BBC office in Baghdad on Friday but no one was wounded in the attack, the British broadcaster said.