Webb, Justin

[marky]

Name: Justin Webb
BBC Position: North America Editor

"America is often portrayed as an ignorant, unsophisticated sort of place, full of bible bashers and ruled to a dangerous extent by trashy television, superstition and religious bigotry, a place lacking in respect for evidence based knowledge.

I know that is how it is portrayed because I have done my bit to paint that picture, and that picture is in many respects a true one." (April, 2005)
Schiavo case tests America

"America is the greatest nation on the face of the earth. It’s the most wealthy, it’s the most successful. We sometimes suggest that it got there almost by accident. We fail to ask serious questions about why it is as successful as it is, about why they system that they invented works. And, we also, in the tone, not so much the detailed reporting, but in the tone of what we say about America, we have a tendency to scorn and deride. And, I’m not just talking about George Bush though he's part of the problem. I’m talking about a much wider sense in which we don’t give America any kind of moral weight in our broadcasts." (September 2006)
Impartiality: Fact or Fiction - Friday 22nd September 2006

[steevo]

This is research. I've read other excerpts also which don't make the "news" and none of this surprises me but I have to admit I'm still fascinated.

Maybe you're aware of our Journolist? I bring it up because it was a gathering of journalists also but their secrecy and intent amounted to conspiracy with intentional collusion and damage done I'm sure immeasurable. It was only revealed because, someone broke the silence. Their arrogance got the best of them.

[marky]

Thanks for the post Steevo, actually I hadn't heard of Journolist before. From what I've read, and that goes for a lot of other reasons, it seems the world has go itself all ****ed up and as I'm in a rather cynical mood art the moment, I can't see a way past what is going on right now.