March 24, 2005
BBC: An intelligent perspective
Online, I get my news updates from the BBC. George set it up in my browser so all I have to do is click "Latest Headlines," and a current list from the BBC website of tops stories pops up and I can open them at will without having to search through the main page of their website. Their website is, in my opinion, better organized and more savvy than American network news. Go figure. They tend to have way more world news, as well as a good daily dose of updates from the science and technology fields. Also, I find the vocabulary in the articles less watered down and their writing seems to be, shall we say, more fact based? I've always really liked the BBC. The other day we were watching the Daily Show do a spoof at the Michael Jackson trial and no one would talk on camera except a reporter from the BBC. Professional but not above being made fun of in public. Hmmmm... how refreshing. Those Brits!