A Fair Sampling of Opinion

…if you’re the Beeb.

Reactions to 9/11 report

Of the nine statements on the 9-11 Report, one is by George Bush. All but one of the others is in some way critical of the Bush administration or a well-known Bush critic. With the exception of George W Bush and Senator Pat Roberts, every elected official quoted in this piece is rabidly anti-Bush. How is this in any way fair since the failed oversight of the US Congress –more than the Clinton or Bush administrations– receives scathing criticism.

The unanimous final report of the Sept. 11 commission will sharply criticize Congress for failing in its role as overall watchdog over the nation’s intelligence agencies and will call for wholesale changes in the way lawmakers oversee intelligence agencies and the Homeland Security Department, lawmakers and others briefed on the panel’s findings said Wednesday. (New York Times)

What’s the meaning of ‘fair’ anyway?

UPDATE:

Laban Tall got a shock as he caught the Beeb’s “PM” programme being fair.