[jkot]

'So called' disclaimer is on almost every BBC article. But it is media like BBC who spread this name in first place.

Compare IS with 'Kurdistan'. It is a 'state' somehow similar to IS, but it gets completely different treatment.

And they gave step by step manual: Go to app store, install Telegram, search IS channel.

[gaius]

In the Falklands war, the BBC broadcast that the Argentine air force were setting their bomb fuses wrong and their bombs weren't exploding when they hit British ships, and also pre-announced the attack on Goose Green. They're well known for playing both sides against the middle.

[arethuza]

I have read that the Goose Green incident was actually caused by a MoD official releasing something too early - they were just passing on the message.

The thing about the bomb fuses was a horrendous mistake “six better fuses and we would have lost” - particularly as there was nothing wrong with the fuses and the Argentinians could have easily fixed this by a simple adjustment.