I know it sounds as if I am banging on about the Beeb (even the Bloggs children are getting lectures on the value of a free press and especially our beloved Aunty), but this World Press spotlight is excellent reading. No real surprises of course, but that itself is hardly a surprise. The Russians and Chinese don't give a fig about the implications of the Hutton Report on a member of the media, but concentrate on what they obviously consider as the government's Phyrric victory. The Israelis have always had a problem with the BBC and it shows. The Americans focus on what the government might to do to the Corporation. But The New Vision in Uganda pulls no punches:
"Britain is today a tired ex-this, ex-that country which is boxing above its weight internationally by pretending to be in a joint ride with its former colony, now global power, the USA... He [Blair] is the only person left in the wide world who believes that weapons of mass destruction will be found in Iraq."
Posted by Joe at January 30, 2004 06:39 PM