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...Evidence of how mean those streets can be was seen again in Gaza City yesterday, when gunmen kidnapped veteran BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who has lived and reported in Gaza for the past three years. Leaders from both Fatah and Hamas immediately decried the kidnapping, with Hamas government spokesman Ghazi Hamad calling it a "brutal and criminal action, and a shameful action, done by irresponsible people who are trying to create more tension in our society." There are clearly a number of groups seeking to do that, and others seeking to create more tension within Hamas itself. Among them...
...course, that's still a small fraction of the number of Britons who get their politics from the BBC. (On average, nearly 1 million viewers watch Newsnight, BBC TV's flagship late-evening current-affairs program). Doughty Street isn't ready to challenge the Beeb just yet--it's still living off $2 million donated by one of its directors--but it has grabbed the attention of the country's hoary media establishment...
Richard Sambrook, director of the BBC's global-news division, says the Internet channel "is forcing mainstream broadcasters to think what we can provide that they can't and to focus on our core values of objectivity and impartiality." That riles the denizens of Doughty Street, who claim the BBC has a liberal bias and are soliciting ideas for a campaign to stop the Beeb's taxpayer-funded subsidy. Not that Doughty Street is opposed to bias. "Do you know the problem with balance?" asks Dale. "It's boring." Quite a few Britons are starting to agree...
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