BBC APPLAUDED FOR BOMBING REPORTING
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[ July 9th 2005 ]

The BBC has received international acclaim for its sobering and professional approach to reporting the recent bomb attacks in London which crippled the Capital and paralysed major transport arteries.

"The pace and tone of American news itself has 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." reports Los Angeles Times.

"On the BBC you saw interviews with bloodied and dazed commuters, but there was also a sense of sobriety about the day's events. Even the raw feed from a picture phone used by a commuter - introducing itself as a device in breaking news TV coverage - didn't come off as sensationalized.

"The tone of BBC coverage could be described, finally, as adult. I didn't hear the word "exclusive," for example, even as they broadcast an interview with an injured passenger just released from the hospital.

"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."