Oh, to be in England...

Two years ago, I lamented during a breakfast chat with US Representative Bart Stupak (D MI) that I believed there should be a law against media personalities (they used to be trained reporters) lying to the American people with such regularity. Congressman Stupak agreed but offered no hope of amelioration as long as BushCo was in power.

Today I read:

Fox News censured for rant at BBC

Ofcom says Murdoch station broke programme code

Fox (Faux) News, the US news network owned by Rupert Murdoch, has been found in breach of British broadcasting rules for an on-air tirade that accused the BBC of "frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Americanism."

Television regulators said the broadcaster failed to show "respect for truth" in a strongly worded opinion item, broadcast on the day the Hutton report was published, which also accused BBC executives of giving reporters a "right to lie."

Ofcom, which licenses commercial channels shown in Britain regardless of where they are based, received 24 complaints about the remarks.

24 complaints?

Here's my favorite passage from the story:

Ofcom said Fox had breached the programme code in three areas: failing to honour the "respect for truth" rule; failing to give the BBC an opportunity to respond; and failing to apply the rule that says, in a personal view section, "opinions expressed must not rest upon false evidence."

Here's the complete story...

I repeat:

Oh, to be in England...