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Where Malta is concerned, the BBC has done it again. It has totally ignored the Malta election. Early on in its World Service there was a two-line mention of it but it was otherwise silent. Apparently, Malta is not part of the world community. The BBC...

March 11, 2008| Joe Borg, Xgħajra.1 min read
Times of MaltaTimes of Malta

Where Malta is concerned, the BBC has done it again. It has totally ignored the Malta election. Early on in its World Service there was a two-line mention of it but it was otherwise silent. Apparently, Malta is not part of the world community.

The BBC has a history of anti-Malta broadcasting. It even made fun of the sound of a band march during a rare feature on Malta. Now if it were a case of corruption in Swaziland or a failed tea crop in Timbuctoo, it would send its correspondents on expensive trips paid by the English taxpayer for a boring detailed report to a minuscule audience.

I e-mailed the BBC a few times to complain about their deliberate omission of events in Malta and their biased treatment of Malta whenever it suited them to mention the place but they never replied.

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