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Good to see the BBC's legendary impartiality in action again. Time was when a headline like this would use the words 'alleged' or 'allegedly' to avoid looking
by LordWinstanley 10y ago
Good to see the BBC's legendary impartiality in action again.
Time was when a headline like this would use the words 'alleged' or 'allegedly' to avoid looking like the verdict was being announced before the trial. Nowadays it seems like US government claims are treated as fact and only the other guy tells porkies.
You can bet your bottom £/$/€ that, if the boot was on the other foot and these were Americans being accused of spying by Russia, there would be "alleged"s a-plenty surrounding words like "spies" and "CIA members"
[I'm not saying the BBC are the only news outlet guilty of this. Pretty much all the western news agencies are using similar accusation-as-fact wording. But the BBC is the one which is most smug and self-satisfied about its self-proclaimed impartiality]
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Time was when a headline like this would use the words 'alleged' or 'allegedly' to avoid looking like the verdict was being announced before the trial. "Charges" is a special case of "alleges". I can't think of any place where and additional "alleged" or "allegedly" could fairly be added to the headline without making it less accurate.