BBC: Sanitizing The News

BBC: See No Evil, Hear No EvilAP reports: “The BBC will introduce a time delay for live broadcasts of sensitive news events such as the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States and the school massacre in Beslan, Russia, the company said Thursday.”

Are they reporting the news as-it-is, or what?

“The several-second delay will allow editors time to cut scenes deemed too shocking, the broadcaster said.

British Broadcasting Corp. management said was instituting the delay after complaints about its live coverage of the graphic events during the Beslan school takeover in September“.

With the popularity of so-called “reality TV” programming, isn’t this ironic?

Poppycock. It’s practices like this that keeps the audience “soft.” Shielded from reality. Insulated from true human horrors. Lulled into believing that the world is not as cruel, bloody and violent as it is.

Keep it graphic, and keep it real. People should always know what terrorism looks like. And vote accordingly.

UPDATE:
(7/10) Michelle Malkin: The 7/7 Attack: The BBC Backslides

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