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Saturday, June 25, 2005BBC enjoys kicking old menAs I'm sure many of you well know, Billy Graham is performing his last "Crusade" this weekend in New York. Now I've never been a fan of Graham's particular brand of Christianity (or any brand of it, for that matter) but the presentation on the BBC's "Americas" homepage seems like a cheap shot:  The "Graham regrets Jewish slur" link takes you to this story - dated Saturday, March 2, 2002. The story itself is about a slur uttered in 1972 (on the Nixon tapes). It's that classic "Jews control the media" line, that's still common in some circles even today. I remember the story when it first came about. It wasn't particularly big news, seeing as how it was already 30 years old at that point. Now three years removed, it's beyond stale and as uninteresting as ever. So what's it doing on the BBC's homepage? This is totally uncalled for. Bringing it up serves no purpose other than petty character assassination - and only days before the man is set to leave the public spotlight anyway. The two stories are completely unrelated. And surely three years is long enough for him to wear the anti-Semitic collar? By no means am I excusing the comment (I've been known to have some choice words for the Reverend from time to time, on this subject and many others), but c'mon... I don't want to say that this betrays some sort of anti-Christian bias at the Beeb (perhaps an editor simply dislikes Mr. Graham?), but I have a hard time seeing them giving this sort of treatment to other prominent figures. |
