Blair critical of BBC's "hatred of America" in Katrina coverage

"Tony Blair was shocked by the BBC's coverage of Hurricane Katrina, describing it as 'full of hatred of America', Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, said on Friday night."

Dunno if Tony Bliar was shocked or not, since it's Rupert "I defecate on the whole world" Murdoch who says so.

Nonetheless, we can well imagine that Rupie was shocked, as was everyone who watched the Katrina drama and debacle unfold. Shocked and saddened.

Rupie reminds me of what Bill Moyers said recently:


"The more compelling our journalism, the angrier became the radical right [...]
That's because the one thing they loathe more than liberals is the truth. And the quickest way to be damned by them as liberal is to tell the truth."

Clearly what may have shocked Tony Bliar, who probably shocked Rupie, was the simple truth. They are mostly shocked, not to discover it themselves, but by the fact that it is getting out!