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ICH 22/23 November 2012: As Gaza is Savaged Again, Understanding the BBC’s Role Requires More Than Sentiment
Mark Regev, Israel’s chief propagandist, seemingly has a place reserved for him near the top of BBC news bulletins. Continue reading
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A WEEK IS A LONG TIME IN GAZA. OR, HOW THE BBC COVERED 38 CONSECUTIVE BREAKING NEWS STORIES
The BBC’s reporting on the current conflict in Gaza has been subject to claim and counter-claim of bias from pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli camps. Surely they can’t both be right. I decided to take a closer look at the BBC Breaking News twitter feed to try and determine whether there was any substance to the claims Continue reading
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Who is Jonathan Sacerdoti, the BBC’s Go-To Man on Gaza? by Hilary Aked
The BBC presented Sacerdoti as a neutral Middle East commentator, the director of an innocuously named organisation called the Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy; this neutrality was clearly implied by the lack of any alternative perspective offered and the failure to identify him as affiliated to either the Israeli or Palestinian ‘camp’. Each time he… Continue reading
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Who is Jonathan Sacerdoti, the BBC’s Go-To Man on Gaza? by Hilary Aked
The BBC presented Sacerdoti as a neutral Middle East commentator, the director of an innocuously named organisation called the Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy; this neutrality was clearly implied by the lack of any alternative perspective offered and the failure to identify him as affiliated to either the Israeli or Palestinian ‘camp’. Each time he… Continue reading
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As Israel assaults Gaza, BBC reporting assaults the truth By Amena Saleem
The panel, chaired by Sir Quentin Thomas, a senior figure in the British Home Office, found “identifiable shortcomings, particularly in respect of gaps in coverage, analysis, context and perspective and in the consistent maintenance of the BBC’s own editorial standards.” Continue reading
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Video/Photos: Bombing press: Israeli strike on Gaza media center injures at least 6
An Israeli airstrike on a media compound has injured at least six journalists, Palestinian medical authorities say. Among the outlets damaged are local, Italian, German, Lebanese and Kuwaiti channels. RT’s office in Gaza was affected too. Continue reading
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Israel Fires Over 500 Strikes in Gaza, Civilian Toll Grows in Humanitarian Crisis
Israel is continuing to pound the Gaza Strip with air strikes amidst fears that Israel could soon launch a ground invasion into Gaza. Israeli troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers are now massing near the Palestinian territory. Earlier today, 85 missiles exploded within 45 minutes in Gaza City, sending black pillars of smoke. At least… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Gaza Blitz – Turmoil And Tragicomedy At The BBC By David Cromwell and David Edwards
Newsnight’s journalistic failures on child abuse are bad enough, rightly heaping pressure on the broadcaster. But there was no comparable pressure for senior staff to ‘step aside’ over the BBC’s truly catastrophic failure to challenge US-UK propaganda on Iraq’s non-existent weapons of mass destruction and the country’s supposed ‘threat’ to the West. Continue reading
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British Democracy: Living in Fear, Kept in the Dark By Colin Todhunter
Earlier this year, I watched the BBC’s main political debate programme that allows an audience of members of the public to put questions to a panel of politicians and so-called experts. Syria was on the agenda. A member of the panel referred to the Syrian rebels as ‘freedom fighters’. Within a few minutes, all panel… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘But’ Or ‘And’? Reporting Chavez, Obama, Biden, Miliband, Cameron By: David Edwards
Liberal journalism is balanced, neutral and objective, except when it’s not. Continue reading
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‘Turkey should show evidence for their complaint’
Syria has refuted as “absolutely untrue” Turkish allegations that a civilian plane headed for Damascus was carrying Russian-made munitions. Meanwhile, analysts doubt the Turks could have found anything compromising enough to back their claims. Continue reading
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How the BBC betrayed the NHS: an exclusive report on two years of censorship and distortion By Oliver Huitson
In the two years building up to the government’s NHS reform bill, the BBC appears to have categorically failed to uphold its remit of impartiality, parroting government spin as uncontested fact, whilst reporting only a narrow, shallow view of opposition to the bill. In addition, key news appears to have been censored. The following in-depth… Continue reading
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THE BBC’S COVERAGE OF THE HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE ACT By James
This 8,000 word report uses rigorous research methods and detailed analysis to confirm what many have claimed: that the BBC has failed in its responsibilities to inform the British public about one of the most important pieces of legislation of the 21st century. Continue reading
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The BBC’s Coverage of Southern Europe by Dan Hind
Yesterday’s main news bulletin on BBC 1 somehow managed to miss another large demonstration against austerity in Lisbon, where tens of thousands gathered in the capital’s Praca de Comercio square. The bulletin also didn’t find time for yet more protests in Madrid. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire 2 October 2012: Report Syria, the story thus far By William Blum
Yes, the world can indeed be complicated and confounding. But we have learned a few things. The United States began blasting Libya with missiles with the full knowledge that they were fighting on the same side as the al-Qaeda types. Benghazi was and is the headquarters for Muslim fundamentalists of various stripes in North Africa.… Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Ice Melts Into Water By David Cromwell and David Edwards
Last month, climate scientists announced that Arctic sea ice had shrunk to its smallest surface area since satellite observations began in 1979. An ice-free summer in the Arctic, once projected to be more than a century away, now looks possible just a few decades from now. Some scientists say it may happen within the next… Continue reading
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Media Lens: US Consulate Killings – Spontaneous Religious Or Planned Political? By: David Edwards
On September 11, four Americans, including the US ambassador, were killed in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The following day, the BBC’s Lunchtime News reported that the killings were part of ‘disturbances’ which were ‘linked to an anti-Islamic video’ (BBC News, September 12, 2012). The BBC’s News at Six explained that… Continue reading
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The ‘Pro-Israel’ Network Behind the 'Innocence' Video By Justin Raimondo
Was the release of the video a random event, one of those unpredictables that can arise at any moment to foil the best-laid plans? Perhaps. Yet one is hard-pressed to explain what the makers of Innocence sought to accomplish, if not precisely what has occurred. According to various explanations floated in the media — primarily… Continue reading
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The BBC and the Imperial mindset By William Bowles
Yes, I know I keep banging on about the BBC but it is such an influential power, not only nationally but also globally, so much so that its pronouncements are most often taken as gospel (objective, impartial, unbiased). Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 24 August 2012: Israeli lies unchecked, Palestinian perspectives censored on BBC
24 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Police Repeatedly Taser Palestinian Vacationing With His FamilyIMEMC – Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Friday that a Palestinian man from Jerusalem was shocked by an Israeli Policeman with an electric gun five times; the incident took place at a park in Tel Aviv last Tuesday. The man Continue reading
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