Britain - Good From Bombing Tragedy?

Unfortunately it sometimes takes a disaster to make us aware of the need for change.

9/11 made America aware that terrorism was not a police matter and that we were going to have to take the fight to the terrorists - the war on terror was born. And while much work still needs to be done, a great deal has been accomplished.

Likewise the London terror attacks have already seen the EU agree to tougher terror prevention controls and Britain will soon follow.

Hopefully, Muslims will start to look at themselves with a view to taking back their mosques and hopefully reforming Islam.

Some in the BBC are already starting to question the company's reporting policies in regards to terrorists and terrorism. But not all as you will see in this Biased BBC article.

From Biased BBC's Telegraph link we learn:

Within hours of the explosions, a memo was sent to senior editors on the main BBC news programmes from Helen Boaden, head of news. While she was aware "we are dancing on the head of a pin", the BBC was very worried about offending its World Service audience, she said.

BBC output was not to describe the killers of more than 50 in London as "terrorists" although - nonsensically - they could refer to the bombings as "terror attacks". And while the guidelines generously concede that non-BBC should be allowed to use the "t" word, BBC online was not even content with that and excised it from its report of Tony Blair's statement to the Commons.

But not are all happy with that state of affairs while still others, like the BBC's Peter Marshall, are not happy with bloggers criticizing them, especially when they wirte in daily newspapers. Here is Peter's comment to blogger and wrtier Stephen Pollard:

When I pointed out that I did not distort a word of what he said, he responded thus: "You fat fuck. You fucker" and terminated the conversation.

Be sure to read the entire Biased BBC article - there's lots more.

UPDATE

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UPDATE

Be sure to read key facts the BBC leaves out of its reporting.

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