BBC News

[flipnflap]

Fiona Bruce just said, sorry read: "....and from syria where a massacre left no-one alive...we have an eye witness report." If no-one was left alive how come there was an eye witness?

[sandyRoe]

A report from the scene of the massacre?

[jno]

after it was over Fiona arrives and tells you what she can see.

[pastafreak]

A massacre does not automatically mean there are no survivors...and an eye witness is someone physically at the scene who can describe it-not a reporter in a studio.

[emmie]

sometimes their reporting leaves a lot to be desired.

[baza]

Fiona can do no wrong in my eyes it must have been on the autocue,
reminds me of the plane crash ,where were the survivors buried.

[emmie]

baza, they get paid oodles of money for this, so you would think they could engage brain before speaking. Autocue perhaps but if something doesn't seem right then surely you have enough experience to make it sound right.

[jno]

sorry, Fiona not at the scene - but presumably someone else was? I didn't see the report

[Old_Geezer]

They could be witnessing the result. In any case someone will be left alive, even if it is just the perpetrator.

[birdie1971]

It's poor use of English. Clearly, what was meant was that an alleged massacre had occurred and that the BCC (after the event) had a reporter on the alleged scene of the alleged crime to report what they observed.

As minor a point as this may be, I think it's indicative of the BBC's sloppy reporting standards. I used to think that the BBC was the gold standard when it came to the objective reporting of the news. I have disabused myself of this notion in recent years due to the advent of multiple TV news channels. I find it absolutely fascinating to watch the likes of Al Jazeera, Russia Today, Sky News and the BBC all report on exactly the same event. The amount of bias shown by certain channels with regards to certain issues is enlightening to say the least.

All of the aforementioned news channels are highly biased (depending on the news story they are reporting) and the BBC is no different; in fact I would go so far as to say the the BBC is one of the most biased news outlets that I have access to.