ANGRY AT ITS BIAS, British sailors have switched off the BBC:

Sailors also believe the news organisation places more faith in Iraqi reports than information coming from British or Allied sources.

One senior rating said: “The BBC always takes the Iraqis’ side. It reports what they say as gospel but when it comes to us it questions and doubts everything the British and Americans are reporting. A lot of people on board are very unhappy.”

Ark has replaced the BBC with rival broadcaster Sky News.

Perhaps Tony Blair should promote a new system in which there are competing national services, and people get to choose which one gets their license fees each year. Just a thought. . . .

UPDATE: If this interests you, don’t miss Biased BBC, a weblog devoted to, well, bias at the BBC.