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BBC denies interference in al-Qaida coverage (Oliver Luft, 8/27/08, guardian.co.uk)

The BBC has denied that its editorial independence was compromised after it emerged that a Radio 4 documentary about Islamic extremism bore similarities to a programme described in a leaked Whitehall document as one at which anti-al-Qaida propaganda was put forward. [...]

Yesterday's Guardian splash, by home affairs editor Alan Travis, quoted a leaked document from a Whitehall counter terrorism unit established under former home secretary John Reid, called the research, information and communication unit.

This document claimed the unit was targeting the BBC and other media organisations through which it could "channel messages" as part of a propaganda push designed to "taint the al-Qaida brand".

...before you're Bright enough to think it inappropriate for the public media to oppose your nation's enemies? Imagine if the head of the BBC had tried explaining to Churchill that they needed to remain neutral as between Britain and Hitler?

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 27, 2008 8:11 AM