The BBC's fake sources

Back in April I posted about a BBC article in which the BBC used a well known anti-war activist, Jo Wilding, as a source "alleging" US forces were firing on ambulances in Falluja. I complained, the BBC retracted the story and emailed me an apology, claiming they did not know her true identity.

The BBC were lying or totally inept. Ms. Wilding has written several anti-war articles in the Guardian and was once arrested for an attack on PM Tony Blair.

Well it looks like The BBC are at it again.

Dec 3, 2004 — LONDON (Reuters) - BBC World said on Friday that an interview it ran with a man it identified as a spokesman for Dow Chemical Co, in which he said the U.S. company accepted responsibility for India's Bhopal disaster, was wrong and part of an "elaborate deception." [...]

"This morning at 9 GMT, (and at) 10 GMT, BBC World ran an interview with someone purporting to be from the Dow Chemical Company about Bhopal," the BBC said on its latest news bulletin.

"This information was inaccurate, part of an elaborate deception. The person did not represent the company. We want to make it clear the information he gave was entirely inaccurate."

Sure, news organizations get duped from time to time, but the BBC make a habit of it.