AND THE WINNER IS....

I had been waiting for this day... I wanted to see who the BBC was going to endorse, especially after the editorial about how some elected official said that if she were a voting American citizen, she would vote for Obama.

Now the thing about that, is that the BBC is very clear about what is editorials or OpEds, and what are actual news stories. So, I watched the debate, waited a few minutes, then looked to the BBC. Sure enough, the entire top half, or what the industry calls 'above the fold' was dedicated to the US presidential debate.

The article, entitled, "McCain and Obama spar in first debate" was complete with video clips was up and ready to go when I checked at 10:50 pm Friday September 26, 2008.

I noticed that in the bolded sections of the article (unlike many news sites, the BBC breaks up their articles into subheadings), after the first subheading, each one was a quote--either directly or indirectly from McCain. This could have been for a couple of reasons. The first is that foreign policy is McCain's thing. This could also be because the fact that McCain was there was a big deal.

As was reported in days previous, McCain had vowed that he would not be debating if congress had not made significant progress in solving the economy problem. Luckily, 10 hours before, he said that he thought significant progress had been made, so he could be there.

This also sparked the first part of debate. This was supposed to be all about foreign policy, but there is no way that the moderator could ignore the crisis that our nation is facing. This doesn't seem to be a problem just for America though.

I thought that the BBC would focus on the issues dealing with foreign policy in their article. I thought this because they are one of our closest allies. They are the ones that are still in Iraq and Afghanistan with us, so why would they NOT be interested in this discussion.

Well, I believe it's because we are leaders in the economy, and our banking industry is facing the worst crisis we've seen since the Great Depression. And this isn't just affecting us; it is affecting the world.

Did they call a winnner? No. They, once again, have given us the facts, backed up with video...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7639070.stm