::Agreed on the relevance of BBC, but as for the American media, the "problem" (if it is a problem) with them is that they are not patient with seemingly trivial, even weaselly nuance and tend to call a spade a spade.  Saddam Hussein isn't the President of the Iraqi public for three decades, he's the Iraqi dictator.  Hamas and Islamic Jihad aren't violent Palestinian militant groups, they're terrorists.  So on.