Osama? No, definitely no Osama here...
Nov. 25th, 2002 01:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrphThe Guardian has a rather illuminating take on this.
Basically, the BBC made a dreadful error and mistakenly accused Oryx Natural Resources of being connected to Osama Bin Laden. Ooops. You can see how a respectable mining company might get a little upset about that. So Oryx demanded a massive £12000000 compensation...
...but unexpectedly settled for less than 5% of that, out of court. Why the sudden desire to settle up? Well, yes, the BBC was wrong, and they're definitely not acting as a front for Bin Laden...
...but probably only because they're too busy acting as a front for Robert Mugabe, instead.
It's almost funny.
Basically, the BBC made a dreadful error and mistakenly accused Oryx Natural Resources of being connected to Osama Bin Laden. Ooops. You can see how a respectable mining company might get a little upset about that. So Oryx demanded a massive £12000000 compensation...
...but unexpectedly settled for less than 5% of that, out of court. Why the sudden desire to settle up? Well, yes, the BBC was wrong, and they're definitely not acting as a front for Bin Laden...
...but probably only because they're too busy acting as a front for Robert Mugabe, instead.
It's almost funny.
