Weapons of mass destruction held by Saddam Hussein were widely reported in the worlds media - the assassination and burial at sea of Osama Bin Laden was widely reported in the worlds media- though very low key in comparison. Saddam Husseins execution was plasetered all over the media.
want me to go on narrowback
Not really, as you didn't answer my original question.
The examples you have given are irrelevant to your original post. The speech, which I watched on TV, was reported verbatim by that link to the BBC website which you said you'd take with a pinch of salt. I was just curious as to why you wouldn't trust the BBC in reporting something which was screened live and reported widely right across the globe.