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Category: Winter/Spring 2005

Created on 02 December 2004

The British Broadcasting Corporation’s long-standing reputation for impartiality has recently taken some hard knocks. The chairman resigned in 2004 after a BBC reporter falsely accused the British government of “sexing up” intelligence reports before the Iraq War. During the war, at least among conservatives, the BBC was widely dubbed the “Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation” because of its perceived bias against the U.S.-led coalition.

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