BBC vs. Fox News

Guest: Fox News analyst Michele Malkin
The Factor has criticized the BBC for refusing to use the word "terrorist," and some Factor guests have accused the BBC of treating Islamic terrorists with kid gloves. The network has now fired back - BBC executive Roger Mosey wrote that "the comments made on Fox News are beneath contempt." Mosey declined an invitation to appear, and Fox News analyst Michelle Malkin heaped more criticism on the BBC. "The BBC has a long history of having soft-peddled terrorism in the Middle East. And the London attacks have exposed them as an unfair, unbalanced, and unreliable journalistic enterprise." The Factor extended an open invitation to the BBC to appear, and again pledged to monitor the network. "I took the New York Times to task for calling Zarqawi a 'Jordanian fighter,' but the New York Times is not nearly as bad as the BBC." [BillOReilly.com: The O'Reilly Factor Flash]

Watching the O'Reilly Factor on Fox News, probably one of the better shows on there, I find that Bill O'Reilly is sometimes wise in his comments, but he's often an ass, despite being the voice of the 'people'. He's un-biased but seems to argue for the sake of it sometimes, often belittling his guests.

I do think the BBC is weird for not wanting to use the word 'terrorist' during its reporting of the London bombings, though I don't at all think the BBC is softening who these people are, the BBC just doesn't get over excited and use excentric expressions and opinions like Fox News does very well.

See also The BBC vs. America "...The Factor vowed to monitor and expose the BBC's biases. "We're going to take them on and watch what they do. So the BBC is going to come under our microscope, and we'll report accurately and fairly on how they report the situation." [BillOReilly.com: The O'Reilly Factor Flash]