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This is reprinted from the Znet Sustainers forum with the permission of the author.

Dear BBC:

I am writing with great concern about BBC’s bias, unprofessional, and indeed self-contradictory reporting on the Iraq weapons inspections—and your omissions of critical and central parts of the report by UN’s chief weapons inspector Hans Blix and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed El Baradei.

In particular, the excerpt chosen by BCC to represent a 10 minute video segment [http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/cta/events02/world/un/blix19dec.ram ] of Blix and Baradei was entitled: “Iraq has missed an opportunity says Blix”

However, watching the video reveals a very different picture than the one represented by the title. More alarmingly in terms of the practice of good professional reporting, the lead story “Iraq Accused of UN Violation” continues this distortion.

The story [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2592243.stm ] starts with no fewer than the first three paragraphs quoting US Secretary of State Powell, then followed by two more paragraphs still focusing on official statements by Washington.