[link|http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/04/nbbc04.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/07/04/ixhome.html|Gee, ya think?]

Excerpt:

A significant number of BBC news reports are untrustworthy and
littered with errors because the corporation's journalists fail to
check their facts, according to e-mails sent by one of the BBC's most
senior news managers. His messages reveal that the credibility of the
news service is "on the line" because of a climate of sloppiness.

The internal memos, which have been obtained by The Telegraph, highlight
concerns about the standard of journalism on local BBC television and
radio, as well as on the BBC's flagship News Online service. They
suggest that the corporation is struggling to keep its promise to
improve the standards of its news services following damning criticisms
levelled against it by the Hutton inquiry into the death of Dr David
Kelly.

I say:

It's not like the BBC is the only shoddy news organization out there.
But they could at least try to make up for it in some way. Like that
paper with the naked lady on page three.

And did Hugh Prysor-Jones ever learn how to pronounce Nicaragua? Or any
other word? That guy's a real life Les Nessman. Only he doesn't know
when it's raining.

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