[pjc50]

Publishing official government statements is bad, including when there is no sane way to independently verify them, but slander you've just made up is fine?

[patrickaljord]

They did a bit more than publishing official statements. They were very vocal about denouncing and shaming anyone doubting those statements including my whole country France was attacked, boycotted and more by these people.

[pjc50]

Which specific people and newspaper articles?

[Unklejoe]

Do you not remember the whole "freedom fries" movement?

[pjc50]

I remember the meme. My question is, who exactly is culpable of what here? It was promoted by some Republican representative: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2842493.stm

Should the media have .. simply chosen not to report it? ""Censor"" mentions of "freedom fries"?

Is the BBC article itself "denouncing and shaming"? Or just the Republican it's quoting?