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The BBC did not simply misplace a tape. They did more than that.
1. In the BBC blog, it states "We no longer have the original tapes of our 9/11 coverage (for reasons of cock-up, not conspiracy). "
2. Later, they state the tapes had been sitting in their archives.
Let me explain what this means.
It means one of the following is true about BBC staff:
a) no effort was made to search for the original tapes. (BBC staff is lying)
b) insufficient effort to search for the original tapes (BBC staff is careless and lazy)
c) BBC still does not have all the missing tapes (BBC staff is lying)
d) BBC staff always knew they had the original tapes. (BBC staff is lying)
It proves that the BBC staff, involved in this, are one of the 2 following options:
1. the BBC is careless (important historical tapes placed into wrong location), lazy, and unreliable (can not reliably retrive information from their own archives). It also means, dont assume what the BBC tells you is all true because the BBC has a history of making incorrect statements about matters which are 100% under their control (ie. misplaced tapes inside their own archives).
2. Liars.
If the BBC had simply lost the tapes and never found then, then you could reasonably claim that they are simply careless about storing tapes.
But instead, initially, BBC denies that they have the tape. Then, later, states that the tape actually had been sitting in their archives.
In many courts, you can be charged with "obstruction of justice" (a crime) for failing or refusing to hand over evidence, in your possession, to the police. Stating that you misplaced the evidence and had a hard time finding it, is not a 100% solid defence against obstruction of justice charges. any thing other than promptly handing over evidence could mean obstruction of justice (in law). If you even just slightly hinder the process of handing over evidence then you are engaging (in a small way) in the obstruction of justice.
That's why I have little respect for the BBC. They obstructed private investigations into 911 by denying that they had the tape and/or by lying about it. It's legal to obstruct private investigations into criminal matters but what the BBC staff did is immoral to me.
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