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| Barbary pirates trump an American destroyer at the BBC |
| 2007-11-13 |
| (Sorry, can't work out how to link the title to the "From Our Own Correspondent" article.) Here's an example of the steady stream of bias that pours daily from the BBC. Saturday's From Our Own Correspondent had an article on an American destroyer off Mombasa that was aimed solely at discrediting and mocking America. Unless, of course, the writer intended to praise America when he wrote, "Wicked imperialists like to pick the best spots for themselves." Now people may ask why they don't see that particular bit of evidence of bias when they access the article on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7085188.stm The reason is simple. It has been stealth-edited out. Fortunately, Google has a cache that still shows it. ItÂ’s three lines down: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:xEH9h3FrvhsJ:www.freerepublic.com/ focus/f-news/1923979/posts+US+destroyer+Mombasa+harbour&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&ie=UTF-8 But that's not the only evidence of bias. It is rife throughout the article, kicking off with the link on the Africa page: Kenyan embrace Why a US destroyer joined the dhows in Mombasa harbour ("embrace" indeed) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/default.stm continuing with the title, dripping with sarcasm when juxtaposed against the text: US Navy in Kenya goodwill mission and ending with the extraordinary observation that an American naval officer had "helped suppress the Islamic Barbary corsairs of Algiers," as if ending the centuries-old unbridled and unprovoked savagery of the Barbary pirates and slave owners was a bad thing. One wonders how the editor who deleted the bit about "wicked imperialists" could possibly have decided that the rest of this biased nonsense represented suitable output from an organization that apparently prides itself on its impartiality. This is the nth example I've found of the BBC siding with radical Islam over the West. BBC hacks have truly become apologists for Islamic terror, whether it is Islamic piracy of the past or the terrorists of today. |
| Posted by:Bryan |
| #10 What a sweet guest gift. Welcome, Bryan! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-11-13 21:55 |
| #9 Great comments guys. I'm sorry I neglected this fine blog so long. Mitch H. I'm not sure what an interlineated comment is, but the bit about the "wicked imperialists" was definitely part of the original article as it first appeared on the website. That's what got me fired up enough to write this and bring it to your attention. The "Great" is being steadily driven out of Britain, with the treachorous BBC in the lead. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2007-11-13 17:55 |
| #8 "They returned to the ship, not from Mombasa's brothels, but from a safari..."Whoa! how did that compliment get through editing? If Mr Rankin has an ownership percentage in the brothels it might be sour grapes. One wonders if the moral Lions of Islam visit the brothels when they come to blow up embassies? Would that make the US Navy more moral in the peoples eyes? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-11-13 12:36 |
| #7 "I don't think the Americans really understand clubs," the Sikh colonel confided over curry. I suspect it's that American officers don't partake in pleasures the enlisted men and women are forbidden. But one wouldn't expect either a Sikh colonel or a BBC man to understand that sort of concern for one's people. Especially while sitting on the veranda, drink in hand, enjoying the cool breezes -- all unavailable outside the club. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-11-13 12:06 |
| #6 Many things wrong with this article, mr rankin is a joke. First, and correct me if I am wrong, Roman Citizens were prohibited by law in serving in the Navy (marine boarding party as a soldier, but not working the boat). Barbary pirates were off of the north africa coast. "I don't think the Americans really understand clubs," the Sikh colonel confided over curry. Thank you for the compliment your elitist bastardness. "They returned to the ship, not from Mombasa's brothels, but from a safari..."Whoa! how did that compliment get through editing? Sinbad, eh? Oh yeah the imaginary stories from this book "The king, Shahryar, upon discovering his former wife's infidelity had her executed and then declared all women to be unfaithful. He begins to marry a succession of virgins only to execute each one the next morning." (wiki entry) Commander Bob Hall smilingly said |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2007-11-13 11:55 |
| #5 Amen, Procopius2k. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-11-13 11:32 |
| #4 Okay, I went and read the original. The author should be on a do not travel to the USA list. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-11-13 10:39 |
| #3 Brian, I'm pretty sure that crack about imperialists is an interlineated comment from the Freeper who excerpted the article. Either the Free Republic doesn't do that color-highlight thing that Rantburg does, or else he didn't remember to italicize/highlight. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2007-11-13 10:05 |
| #2 ed - We took the dregs of their societies, the unwanted, and lower class. We even inherited their system of slavery. We took them all. Our fathers and mothers created the largest wealthiest most open society since Rome that not only provided opportunities for its own, but have actually sacrificed its wealth and children on behave of the even the most ungrateful without real expectation of return in kind that they themselves in their own record have sought dominion. What do you expect from them? They're losers and they keep digging. This is their misery. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-11-13 09:46 |
| #1 Looking at the ethnic diversity of the young American sailors, it was clear that the United States is now following the Roman rather than the Greek model of empire. In ancient Greece, women, slaves and foreigners neither counted nor voted. Rome was less racist: anyone could become a Roman citizen, and even the emperor could hail from Spain or Africa. Flea infested English Marxists need not apply. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-11-13 08:48 |