BBC (or Goebbels' Children - Part VII)

The BBC claimed today it had received a leaked copy of the attorney general's advice on the war in Iraq but held off reporting it because of doubts about its authenticity. The corporation, which did not run with the story until nearly 45 minutes after it was broken on the Guardian website and Channel 4 News, said it received the leak yesterday afternoon but held off because it "needed to verify its authenticity". The story did not appear on the BBC's website until 7.43pm - when the documents were already in the public domain and the story had already made its way around the world on Google News.

Delays cost BBC Iraq scoop
Jason Deans and John Plunkett
The Guardian

It's not just a question of being brownnose. At the BBC are really frightened. People capable of mass murderers and war crimes don't think twice to fire and ruin your life. Let's remember all the people who have been sacked (or worse...) since this nasty story began.

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