
The BBC at 100: the corporation at war
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The Need to Balance News Reporting
General eisenhawer wanted a joint radio service that would be listened to, not just by british troops, but by americans and canadians. Parts of it would be American in content, partCanadian, partBritish. But because it was the b b c that had most experts and most resources in the right places, it was theb b that was really responsible for making most of it and running it. The news on this allied expeditionary force radio service was slanted towards britain. It seemed to stress british victories rather than merican victories. And America's chimedic traditions fell on very stony ground when it came to
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