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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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.