Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Selective Quoting
You may have seen the following quote by the BBC correspondent Justin Webb at the top of various extremist and hypocritical blogs like USS Neverdock and The American Expatriate.
You can see why always leave that bit out. The American Expatriate in particular follows the quote with it's own words "Justin Webb, in a remarkably frank admission of his role in misinforming the British public..", which raises the blog to new levels of hypocrisy. A pot and kettle metaphor should probably be used here.
The original BBC article is here.
"America is often portrayed as an ignorant, unsophisticated sort of place, full of bible bashers and ruled to a dangerous extent by trashy television, superstition and religious bigotry, a place lacking in respect for evidence based knowledge. I know that is how it is portrayed because I have done my bit to paint that picture..."Yes, they stop the quote right there, for to continue would undermine their agenda. However, I feel it is my duty to inform the rest of the world that the rest of the line is actually "and that picture is in many respects a true one."
You can see why always leave that bit out. The American Expatriate in particular follows the quote with it's own words "Justin Webb, in a remarkably frank admission of his role in misinforming the British public..", which raises the blog to new levels of hypocrisy. A pot and kettle metaphor should probably be used here.
The original BBC article is here.
