BBC to make on air Burma picture apology

The BBC has humiliated itself again by broadcasting a graphic image of victims of the recent cyclone in Burma/Myanmar – only to admit soon after that the true origin of the image was in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and that the victims were Acehnese.

This follows criticism of the BBC for its coverage of Tibet’s riots, exposure of its dodgy editing practices by eagle-eyed watchers of its 9-11 coverage and its general humiliation by the British establishment in the run-up to the Iraq War when it backed down from criticisms of Tony Blair and his “dodgy dossier.”

The BBC is to make an on air apology after admitting that it broadcast a picture yesterday which it claimed was of dozens of people killed by the devastating Burmese cyclone, but which instead was taken in Sumatra during the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004.

Peter Horrocks, the head of the newly created BBC multimedia newsroom, said the corporation was now reviewing its processes for checking pictures it received following the incident. The still photograph in question was used to introduce a report from inside Burma by correspondent Natalia Antelava on last night’s BBC1 10pm bulletin.

“This was a mistake, and we will be correcting it on all BBC output where the still was used,” Horrocks wrote today on the BBC news website editors’ blog.

Posted by Szamko
Just tries to tell the truth.