Dear to whom it may concern at BBC,
I am writing to you today to inform you of the great job you guys have been doing with your online website BBC.com. I would like to compliment your online broadcastings work on the clear and relevant stories you cover every day. BBC covers a vast range of different news from all over the world, which I thoroughly enjoy because not only can I know the latest issues going on in the U.S., but also I can follow foreign news and affairs. Plus instead of just focusing on one country BBC has equal amounts of new stories and information from countries all over, which shows there is no favoritism or side taking in BBC’s reporting. For example, on your website each country has their own link that allows me to see and read the current news headlines for that country, which I love because to me foreign affairs are just as important as U.S. news. I would also like to compliment BBC for the honest and unbiased reporting you have on each of the stories you cover. It is tough now-a-days to keep audiences interested when other news outlets will lie and exaggerate stories to spice up the news in an attempt to draw more viewers, but you guys do a fantastic job of covering the truth and still keep it interesting. Another thing that I really like about BBC is the fact that you guys report on stories that are actually news worthy. For example, while CNN is writing stories about what celebrity just got caught for drugs or drunk driving you guys are reporting about possible presidential candidates in the U.S. and the latest updates from the war. I also really like how BBC’s homepage is filled with a variety of different topics other than the news. You guys cover sports, business, entertainment, art, science, gardening, food and the list goes on. I find it amazing that BBC can cover such a large volume of topics and information and be straight forward and unbiased about the majority of it. In my opinion the key to BBC’s unbiased reporting is the choice of words that is used in each of the stories headlines. For example, one of your headlines states, “Israeli cabinet backs Jewish oath” (BBC.co). By using the word “backs” it makes it seem that BBC is just reporting the news rather than reporting an opinion. Other news websites would have probably said words like, strongly agrees or taking sides, which makes it seem more of a biased and untrue reporting. With BBC reporting about news from all over the world in a neutral manner it is easy to say that you guys report in a democratic way giving people what they want and in a truthful way. If there was one thing that I would have to criticize BBC for it would probably have to be the occasional irrelevant story being covered. Every once in a while BBC will cover a story that most people don’t even care to look at or read, but I understand that some days there just isn’t enough important news to put up on the homepage of the website so you guys have to fill in the gap with some secondary news stories. Even with these occasional random news stories I still believe that BBC is one of the top rate online news stations to follow and I would recommend everybody to try and take a look at your website. Thank you for your time and continue with the great work!
Your loyal follower,
Brendan Jin
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