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“Who scares you more Russia or America?” asks the BBC. This was a phone in, spotted by Epi-Me, then a 5 Live message board. On the latter, Sarah comments: The poor punctuation is all theirs, as is the following discussion starter: “The leaders of the world’s most powerful countries are meeting in Germany amidst growing tension between Russia and the West. There’s talk of a new cold war as Presidents … Continue reading →

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: “The second Arab-Israeli war, also known as the six-day war, began when Israel launched a massive pre-emptive strike on three fronts. Israeli forces took land from Syria, Egypt and Jordan, hoping to create a security buffer zone, and thus changed the whole nature of the Middle East conflict. Here is a selection of your memories from that time.” Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

Ian writes*: Hi, I just noticed the BBC has nothing about the democratic congressman who was indicted on bribery charges. I saw their America section in their website and nothing about that is there. I am sure if it was a republican it would have been given prominent first page display. It is one of the top news of today along with the US military judge dismissing charges on a … Continue reading →

 The BBC reports that… thirty years ago a junior diplomat heard a rumour from an unnamed source!Our crack team of media analysts have been wondering why this decades old tittle tattle qualified for a position on the BBC front page. They think there may be some secret code or message concealed in the wording of the headline: Israel hijack role ‘was queried’ It has been seen as a daring raid … Continue reading →

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