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British newsies get it wrong Anyone who watched news early this evening could not help but hear the joyful chortling of the anchors about the US losing in the UN and being “put back in a box”. Well, as it it turns out it ain’t so.
I had a feeling this was the case. The idea the US would sit back and wait for the mushrooms to sprout is just too ludicrous to imagine… unless you are a European news anchor.
But hey, the TV newsies are going after a UK madrassa for child abuse and doing so with both feet and cleats in the air – so they have some redeeming values. They even aired a quote that a child had been told UK law does not apply inside the Mosque!
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Yes, last night on BBC 4 I heard the outrageous editorializing masquerading as news and marveled at it. What they reported made no sense and I set it aside in my mind until this morning when I could get at some American news sites. The reporting on BBC 4 said nothing about the “material breach” clause and its implications and put a wholly inaccurate spin on the entire episode. Shameful but typical.