鲁珀特·默多克的英国空中广播公司和英国广播公司正在从国际新闻领域内不很融洽的合作伙伴变为竞争对手,前者同曾经是它的盟友的后者之间将展开一场争夺国际电波霸权的争吵。双方的诉讼案已提交高级法院。 尽管法院将把BBC开办阿拉伯语新闻节目一事作为一个相对技术性的争端来判决,然而双方互相加油添醋的攻击已经开始。这些攻击起因于两周前默多克对BBC所持有的对印度和中国的偏见表示反感,进而威胁要将 Rupert Murdoch’s BBC and BBC are turning their rivals from less than well-coordinated partners in the international news space, with a fight between the former and the latter who used to be its ally International radio and television supremacy quarrel. The lawsuits of both parties have been submitted to the High Court. Although the court will rule on the BBC’s opening of Arabic news programs as a relatively technical dispute, the two sides have already started their own campaign of invigorating one another. These attacks stemmed from Murdoch’s objection to the BBC’s prejudice against India and China two weeks ago,