Demosophia

The Hutton Report vs. the Cult of Anti-Americanism

From a Latvian friend, sojourning in England:

Since the Hutton report was published the press have trashed Hutton, The majority of the public think it's a whitewash (The Guardian newspaper front page was all blank apart from the word 'Whitewash'), and even though the Chairman and the Director General of the BBC have resigned, all the sympathy is with the BBC. My own view is that the British see the BBC like [cult followers see a cult leader] - they can't possibly have been at fault (or at least not seriously).

The BBC Royal Charter is up for renewal in two years - should be interesting.

I've already begun to see some change. The more rational of my anti-US friends have begun to notice that a lot of what that crowd have been saying (like the rants of John Pilger) just don't make much sense. And they feel distinctly embarassed about having been taken in by Michael Moore. Not that they don't still hate Bush, but they're scratching their heads.