SOME OF US ALREADY KNEW THIS, OF COURSE:

A significant number of BBC news reports are untrustworthy and littered with errors because the corporation’s journalists fail to check their facts, according to e-mails sent by one of the BBC’s most senior news managers. His messages reveal that the credibility of the news service is “on the line” because of a climate of sloppiness.

If only “sloppiness” were the biggest problem.

UPDATE: Maybe the BBC folks should just read this!