The BBC’s Royal Embarrassment

The BBC has apologized to the Queen for “misrepresentation.” Even worse, as this BBC report notes, there is now a major inquiry about whether there have been other BBC journalistic glitches.

Watch the report and you’ll note the key role of “fatal” journalistic ASSUMPTIONS…which led to misreporting…which led to the Queen’s image being soiled (to “assume” makes an “ass” out of “u” and “me”). Which led to the BBC getting yet another black eye:

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