Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Sunday 27 January 2008 19:14 : \____
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that William Poaster spake thusly:
>>
>>> The M$BBC is also accused of wasting licence fee (tax) payers money
>>> in fighting the Freedom of Information Act:
>>> <quote>
>>> The BBC has spent an estimated £250,000 in licence-fee cash on a
>>> court battle to block publication of a report into its alleged bias
>>> when covering the Middle East. The expensive saga was prompted by a
>>> member of the public who has repeatedly tried to force the document's
>>> release under the Freedom of Information Act.
>>> <unquote>
>>>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=510461&in_page_id=1773
>>>
>>> So with the M$ iplayer fiasco, & now another £250,000 court battle,
>>> is it any wonder the Beeb is leaking money like a sieve.
>>
>> More to the point, is it any wonder that they've "partnered" with
>> Microsoft? They were obviously made for each other, since they seem to
>> have the same immoral policies.
>
> "Fair coverage, as long as it's favourable to /us/..."
>
> Chooses any colour, as long as it's white... or Vista.
>
I'm surprised to see myself siding with the Mail here, but, well, I am.
How on earth can the BBC justify trying to manipulate the freedom of
information laws here?
More of my licence-fee cash wasted...
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