BBC Says Sorry for ‘African Orphan’ Stunt. “The BBC apologized Monday after a film
crew used a child actor to pose as an African orphan and play a practical joke on a generous
housewife.
An actor playing the part of a charity collector persuaded the woman to part with one pound
($1.43) for orphaned African children. A seven-year-old posing as an African child was then
unloaded from a crate and delivered to her.”
Microsoft Office 10 beta underwhelming users. Speech recognition technology is faulty and oflimited functionality. The company had not been planning on another beta release before shipping the product in the first half of next year.
Child abuse ‘myths’ shattered: First one shibboleth, then the next. Fast on the heels of the study showing that women are underestimated as domestic abusers, a major study by the British National Council for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children shows that “children are more likely to be sexually abused
by people of their own age than by adults…Most children are sexually
abused by a brother and not their parents. “
Mary Marsh, NSPCC chief executive, said the
findings overturn traditional stereotypes.“Modern myths about child cruelty have
emerged from the public attention given to
horrific and frightening cases of child abuse by
strangers.“Other traditional stereotypes come from a
historical wellspring of children’s stories about
wicked adult bogey figures.“These stereotypes have become part of
popular culture.” BBC
