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BBC to Provide Extensive RSS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lots-of-simple-syndication dept.

Georgie2032 writes "The BBC News Online's Editor states that beginning in the middle of May, the BBC will be 'completely liberating the availability of its content' using its Really Simple Syndication (RSS) tool. 'So in May we'll be happy for outside websites to dip in and take our headlines'"

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  1. Re:I don't get it by cranos · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Its a hell of a lot easier to parse and put into your news system if its in XML than HTML. HTML makes it look pretty, XML/RSS makes it look machine readable.

  2. Re:the BBC by salvorHardin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I willingly pay that sum every year, because I think it's worth it. The quality of programming found on BBC, is generally far higher than what the competition can come up with. And there's the lack of adverts. I like that. I've seen TV in the US, where it seems every 5 minutes, there's yet another ad break. The commercial stations over here leave it about 15 minutes between breaks (excepting sporting events, where it'd be 45 minutes) - and they have to, because they can't push further than what's tolerable in the eyes of the public, in comparison to the competition.

  3. Re:Great formats and programs, but balance problem by WolfDeusEx · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think thats probably due to the israeli's killing their reporters and carmera men. Its kind of a hard thing to get over experically when its all caught on film. Maybe another reason for it is there is a general anti-Israeli sentiment in british society. Note this is not the same an anti-semitism but related to the israeli-Palestinian conflict, which many find abhorrent.

    Considering the amount of disagreements the BBC has had with the goverment of the day durin its time maybe it should be called an Anti-Propaganda Mode. :)

    The BBC while not perfect is generally held to alot higher standard then other broadcasters, and I think that is something to be proud of.

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  4. Re:Too bad you can't opt out of BBC News by FhnuZoag · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Personally, I'd point to the recent election broadcasts as evidence that the BBC aren't especially biased. If they have any point of view, it is a cynical point of view regarding *all* politicians. Which, in a democracy, is only healthy.

    Relative to the US media, they are left wing. But the US broadcast media is very right wing, in any case.

  5. Re:the BBC by mugstar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    British. The word you're looking for is British, not English.