It's all in how you take the news [View All]

[Seeing Red]

http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-et-notebook8jul08,2,428706.story">http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-et-notebook8jul08,2,428706.story

An excellent look at how American outlets cover news, contrasting it with the BBC.

"But the pace and tone of American TV news itself have a way of stoking vague fears, especially in the way a chaotic jumble of information is thrown at you. So it was instructive to turn to BBC America, where the news anchors look like it's less of a stretch for them to respond quickly and appropriately when serious world events turn local."

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"To watch the BBC handle this crisis was to sense a network not nearly so paranoid as its American counterparts that the viewer might be about to switch the channel, surfing for better video."