Talk:BBC News

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Should the BBC be allowed as a referring source if it allows this sort of contentand this.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by republican (talk)

...And what do those articles have to do with it being used as a reliable source? That's news; it's reporting on studies. And it's made up of tens of thousands of people, so the whole corporation can't be blamed for one reporters articles. --Hojimachongtalk 21:29, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

I am wondering about here Conservative and myself seem to be in a quandrywhat do you think? As a reference if this was reverted by another sysopts should the BBC no longer be taken as a source? ">republican

Well, the notion that the oldest, largest, and most well-respected news corporation on earth shouldn't be used as a source is completely ridiculous in any respect. If you can't use BBC, then of course CNN, FOX, Al-Jazeera (no pun intended), MSNBC, ABC News, CSM, etc. wouldn't be authoritative at all. A news Corp. reports news; that is, they report on the finding of other people. --Hojimachongtalk 21:42, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

So should the theory of evolution page allow this article in reference to ther peoples views and findings? Because it was reverted. republican

Wikipedia apparently allows any and all citations to newspaper stories, but we shouldn't here. Journalistic opinions, for example, are not authorities. Journalists are also not authorities on scientific issues. Many journalists chose that field because they don't like math and science!
Newspapers have a puffery and sensationalistic component needed to boost (or maintain) sales. I wish I had a dollar for every newspaper story in the past 50 years claiming discovery of evidence of life in outer space. Of course they were all based on speculation, and all false. So in general I don't think we should be citing newspaper articles for scientific claims. Why can't we cite the scientific article directly?--Aschlafly 21:52, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

Ok but the BBC is not a newspaper but a Network granted a mandate by the British government. It is paid for by every member of the United Kingdom that has a television, by means of a televsions license. In this respect it does not need to make sales, Indeed it is not allowed advertising on any medium. It has amongst other things five orchestras. republican

"BBC News, part of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest news reporting organization in the world." Is this really true? Wouldn't America have something bigger and better? --ArmorOfGod1337 19:45, 28 March 2007 (EDT)

They don't, no. MountainDew 19:46, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
You mean "we".--ArmorOfGod1337 19:51, 28 March 2007 (EDT)