We know that the BBC reads The American Thinker, because we have received email from them about our reporting on their misdeeds. After we mocked their report that 94% of casualties in Falluja were comprised of women and children, the BBC went and changed the web page in question, eliminating the absurd contention that only 6 % of casualties were comprised of potential combatants.

With no acknowldgement of the correction, we might add. Too embarrassing, we suppose.

Posted by Thomas  04 15 04

Reader James Sloan emails us:

It would appear that the BBC is engaging in a practice similar to one known in the sci—fi world as retconning, or retroactive continuity. If the past and the present conflict, rewrite the past in such a way as to downplay the idea that there ever was a conflict.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retcon

That should give more explanation if you're curious.

I'm glad to see that your work is having a positive effect.

We appreciate learning the new word "retcon" and expect we may have use for it in the future.