imo you focused on a minor part of the article in order to score a political point, and topped it off with an irrelevant generalisation about the BBC.

Sure, but none of that changes the point about not taking HN into flamewars.

I agree. It was not my intention to start a flamewar; but with all the talk about "biased RT", "biased Al Jazeera", etc. flying about, I wanted to point out how BBC also is equally biased, just not in the direction "we" would like them to be.

And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw

I don't disagree with you, but in this context, it just doesn't matter. Being right is of small significance compared to not going up in flames.

Nobody ever feels like they were the one who started anything, so that consideration has little value.

You are correct. I apologize for the distraction caused.