From bias to ignorance, and back again

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Paul Marks notes this at Samizdata:

Presenter of Seven Man Made Wonders on BBC 2 television on Thursday 14th of September-

“After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the old Pagan Roman ways were pitted against the new Christian ways of the invading Angles and Saxons”.

A commenter remarks:

‘If the BBC could make such a blunder over the status of religion in the later Roman empire, I wonder how on earth it can make any sense about the Pope’s speech regarding Constantinople.’

Well, indeed. I’d still love to get my eyes on the dialogue which was source of the papal quote, but, regarding the BBC, it’s just what they do.