Thursday, May 29, 2008

BBC News distortion

On the Radio 4 08:00 a.m. news bulletin, it was today reported that the Nationwide house price index had suffered a monthly fall of 2.5 per cent "the greatest since 1991". I actually listened to the Today programme interview somewhat earlier and what was said was that it had been the largest fall ever recorded since the index had been started, which was in 1991. The two items can be heard again on the BBC's Today Programme 'Listen Again' facility if you do not believe me. Either way if you find such reporting as unacceptable as I do then I would suggest a complaint be made to the BBC even though that always proves to be entirely less than worthwhile.

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