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Post by olivia on Nov 21, 2005 15:00:25 GMT
Hi Teddy Bear, Yes, they posted that "Readers React" article on that page, but the actual free discussion forum was taken down (one like newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=375&&&edition=1&ttl=20051121150003). Instead, they cherry-picked 4 people that they interviewed "on the street" that were considerably more mild in their responses towards Chavez than the real discussion. I agree with Steve, too. And there is a subtle way that they insert editorial bias in almost everything they write.
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Post by olivia on Nov 20, 2005 20:14:22 GMT
Yesterday, a discussion forum about the Hugo Chavez - Vicente Fox spat was featured on BBC's Have Your Say page: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/default.stmAbout 95% of the respondents were anti-Chavez, saying that his comments towards Fox were demeaning (about a quarter of the posters were Mexican). Today? The discussion is completely gone. (despite the fact that discussions usually stay for 5-7 days on the page) Might it have anything to do with the fact that Hugo Chavez spoke to the BBC a while back? (That interview, where he is revered as a "great man", is *still* on the Have Your Say page) Personally, I am indifferent to the Chavez vs Fox/Bush conflict, but I'm sickened by the Beeb's behaviour.
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