The BBC are choking on their muesli today as a conservative candidate has won the presidential election in Chile. The tone of both their website articles on the story shows them to be bad losers. Gone is the gloating whenever a Latin American left-winger wins, leaving only sour grapes. Check out these articles (especially the second, by Gideon Long) and you'll see what I mean:
Billionaire wins Chile election
Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera wins Chile's presidential run-off, ending more than 20 years of centre-left rule.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8464136.stm
Tycoon Pinera promises rapid growth for Chile
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8464690.stm
Sadly I am old enough to remember the BBC ignoring the human rights abuses of Allende who pretty much brought Chile to its knees and then whining about Pinochet. Beeboids never see a left-wing dictator they don't love.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, as David Preiser points out so well on the Biased BBC website:
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