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Blair "Shocked" at BBC Anti-American Bias

Tony Blair told Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch that he was shocked at the horrible anti-American coverage of the BBC. Shocked, eh? Why, Tony? The BBC is one of the three pieces of the triad of anti-American journalist hatred in the world. Their bias is not shocking - it is to be expected.

Murdoch tells of PM's shock at BBC

Tony Blair was shocked by the BBC's coverage of Hurricane Katrina, describing it as "full of hatred of America", Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, said last night.

Mr Murdoch, a long-time critic of the BBC who controls rival Sky News, said the prime minister recounted his feelings in a private conversation this week in New York.

Bill Clinton, the former US president, and Sir Howard Stringer, chief executive of Sony Corporation, also criticised the tone of the BBC's coverage during a seminar on the media at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York.

Mr Murdoch said Mr Blair was in New Delhi when he turned on the BBC coverage of New Orleans: "He said it was just full of hatred of America and gloating at our troubles."

Mr Clinton said the corporation's coverage had been "stacked up" to criticise the federal government's slow response.

Sir Howard, a former head of CBS News, said he had been "nervous about the slight level of gloating" in the BBC coverage.

Mr Clinton invited Sir Howard and Mr Murdoch to discuss the media in a global economy as part of a three-day gathering.

Mr Murdoch referred to Mr Blair's remarks during a discussion of US foreign aid. The tycoon chuckled: "I probably shouldn't be telling you this" before recounting his conversation with Mr Blair.

The BBC in America was unavailable for comment.

Of course the BBC was unavailable.

Perhaps we should wait and simmer until the same thing happens to the United Kingdom, as people are now predicting it will:

HARMAN: 'UK IS NEXT US'

Britain's black and poor communities could end up like those exposed in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, minister Harriet Harman has warned.

Her comments echo those of Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, who believes the UK must heed the lessons of the catastrophe.


Hundreds of America's poor were left homeless by the disaster which struck Louisiana last month. The majority of them were black.

Constitutional Affairs Minister Ms Harman said: "We don't want to get into a situation like America, but if you look at the figures, we are already looking like America - in London, poor, young and black people don't register to vote."

Ministers fear the failure of many to register is evidence of their disengagement from civic society - in the same way the poor of New Orleans had no power to improve their position.

Latest figures show that 20% of people aged 20 to 24 were not on the electoral register.

On Thursday, Mr Phillips will tell Manchester Council for Community Relations in a speech: "We are a society which, almost without noticing it, is becoming more divided by race and religion.

"Our ordinary schools ... are becoming more exclusive and our universities are starting to become colour-coded with virtual 'whites keep out' signs in some urban institutions."

In an assessment of the UK after the July 7 terror attacks, Mr Phillips said: "We are sleepwalking our way to segregation."

We would love to see a similar disaster befall the UK - and then send tons of reporters over there to show the same black people throwing tantrums, starvation, and bureaucratic red tape.

But don't expect it from the liberal media in this country. We are too stupid to get down to the BBC's levels.