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BBC Apologizes For Lying About Number of Iraqi Civilains Killed By US
Real American:
We all know that the media in Europe is blatantly left wing and routinely lies and distorts truth in order to run down America, but this is getting ridiculous. This is the second time the BBC has had to apologize for lies that are a result of its anti America, anti-Iraq war bias. it is sad because so many people outside the US really aren't getting to hear the truth. They are like brainwashed sheep, really.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ifs/hi/newsid_4220000/newsid_4222300/4222353.stm
The BBC has apologised for incorrectly broadcasting figures which suggested more Iraqi civilians had been killed by coalition and Iraqi forces than by insurgents.
The information was based on figures given by the Iraqi Ministry of Health to the BBC's Panorama programme. The statistics concerned the number of people killed in conflict-related violence in the second half of 2004.
The figures said that 3,274 civilians had died in that period, 2,041 of them as the result of "military operations".
The rest were attributed to "terrorist operations".
The BBC reported the figures as suggesting that coalition and Iraqi forces could be responsible for up to 60% of conflict-related civilian deaths in Iraq.
Changes made
However, the Iraqi Ministry of Health then clarified that the figures included not just civilians, but also insurgents and Iraqi security forces. And it said that the phrase "military operations" referred to Iraqis killed by insurgents as well as coalition or Iraqi forces.
The ministry said the BBC had misinterpreted the figures.
The figures were not used in John Simpson's report on Sunday's Panorama programme, as it was still being prepared for broadcast and changes were made. However, the statistics were given out in other news reports.
"The Iraqi Ministry of Health has issued a statement clarifying matters that were the subject of several conversations with the BBC before the report was published, and denying that this conclusion can be drawn from the figures relating to 'military operations'," said the BBC in a statement.
"The BBC regrets mistakes in its published and broadcast reports."
Matrix Heart:
The information was based on figures given by the Iraqi Ministry of Health to the BBC's Panorama programme. The statistics concerned the number of people killed in conflict-related violence in the second half of 2004.
The figures said that 3,274 civilians had died in that period, 2,041 of them as the result of "military operations".
However, the Iraqi Ministry of Health then clarified that the figures included not just civilians, but also insurgents and Iraqi security forces. And it said that the phrase "military operations" referred to Iraqis killed by insurgents as well as coalition or Iraqi forces.
The ministry said the BBC had misinterpreted the figures.
The figures were not used in John Simpson's report on Sunday's Panorama programme, as it was still being prepared for broadcast and changes were made. However, the statistics were given out in other news reports.
"The Iraqi Ministry of Health has issued a statement clarifying matters that were the subject of several conversations with the BBC before the report was published, and denying that this conclusion can be drawn from the figures relating to 'military operations'," said the BBC in a statement.
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*Jamal*:
You gotta have something to balance out the right-wing media here at home...
King Tech Quadafi:
Your mother should apologize for giving birth to u, u retarded Polack
7even:
The media in Europe isn't extremely left-winged, but y'all Americans are so damn right-winged it's disgusting, a real left doesnt even exist in your country, anything beyond the middle of the right wing is a commie conspiracy for you :D While I bet most Americans don't even understand what communism really is.
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