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Thread #116399   Message #2500343
Posted By: GUEST
22-Nov-08 - 06:32 PM
Thread Name: BS: A 'news' site with many viewpoints
Subject: RE: BS: A 'news' site with many viewpoints
Years ago, I was working 'overseas' and had to pickup news via short-wave radio. The internet was in it's infancy then and so too mobile phones....

Anyway, tuned into BBC world service - headline ran something along lines of: "terrorists of the IRA fired a grenade attack at No 10 Downing street, the grenade landed 100 metres AWAY from the prime ministers residence"

Quickly tuned elsewhere to hear the same story, this time from Radio Moscow - headline ran like; Freedom fighters of the IRA launched a grenade attack at No 10 Downing street, the grenade landed 100 metres CLOSE to the prime ministers residence"

Found it a great lesson of when listening to news - to listen to alternative viewpoints. Same story - fantastically different slant on it !

rgds

Diesel