Update on BBC's Inexplicable Lack of Prejudice

A comment on this blog entry gives a little background on the four members of the panel that exonerated the BBC from charges of bias.

Impressively, one of the four, Philip Stephens wrote an article for Salaam News arguing that Arafat and Sharon were equally culpable for the stalemate. Actually, apart from demonstrating that the author has strong views on the conflict (which some might think would exclude him as an impartial adjudicator of the BBC's coverage) - its mostly remarkable for its lack of prescience.