Complaint to BBC over "core values" breach

Here is a copy of my email complaint to the BBC over their use of Korean internet chat rooms to justify a statement that a majority of Koreans believe troops should not be sent to Iraq.

But the BBC's Charles Scanlon in Seoul says that internet chat sites suggest a majority of Koreans believe their troops should not be taking part in what they see as an immoral occupation.

Scanlon uses "internet chat sites" to state "a majority of Koreans"

Your new "core values" first value states

"Truth and accuracy - BBC journalism must be rooted in the highest accuracy, well sourced and based on sound evidence."

How is using internet chat sites to state a majority of Koreans believe in anything, "well sourced and based on sound evidence"? And does that sound like "the highest accuracy" to you?

There is no scientific basis for Scanlon's statement whatsoever. The BBC cannot even state that a majority of Korean internet chat sites believe in anything unless you did a study of all Korean internet chat sites.

Many other news organizations are reporting how the death of Mr. Kim has galvanized the Koreans in favor of troop deployments to Iraq. Leave it the BBC to use internet chat rooms to take a different view.

You really are a sad bunch.
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