 In 2001, Webb moved to the United States, as the BBC's chief Washington correspondent.Much of his time was spent on local Washington Radio, most notably, WAMU, a public radio station, on "The Diane Rehm Show".He raised eyebrows within the BBC in 2006 when, at a seminar on impartiality, he claimed the corporation was anti-American and treated the US with "scorn and derision", according it "no moral weight".