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Name: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Position: No position found to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"

Reasoning:

No position found (as of 4/3/07)

Credibility/
Ranking:

Credible Publications
Mainstream national and international publications such as the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Economist, Time, Newsweek, The London Times and major newspapers of foreign countries.

Organization  
  A. Description:

"(1) The BBC’s main activities should be the promotion of its Public Purposes through the provision of output which consists of information, education and entertainment, supplied by means of—
(a) television, radio and online services;
(b) similar or related services which make output generally available and which may be in forms or by means of technologies which either have not previously been used by the BBC or which have yet to be developed."

BBC Royal Charter, July 19, 2006

  B. Mission:

"The Public Purposes of the BBC are as follows—

(a) sustaining citizenship and civil society;
(b) promoting education and learning;
(c) stimulating creativity and cultural excellence;
(d) representing the UK, its nations, regions and communities;
(e) bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK;
(f) in promoting its other purposes, helping to deliver to the public the benefit of emerging communications technologies and services and, in addition, taking a leading role in the switchover to digital television."

BBC Royal Charter, July 19, 2006

  C. Structure:

Corporation

  D. Circulation:

210 million (global weekly audience to all of BBC's international news services)

  E. Annual Budget:

£4,479.2 million ($US 8,775.34 million) (2006 income)

  F. Sr. Executive: Michael Grade

  G. Title: Chairman

  H. Contact Info:
Phone: 08700 100 222    FAX: 08700 100 212
E-Mail:  www.bbc.co.uk/info/contactus/form.shtml
Web Sitewww.bbc.co.uk

Relevant Affiliations:

  • BBC Trust
  • BBC World Service Trust.org

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