The BBC manage to report the news that 'A former British Airways software engineer (Rajib Karim) has been jailed for 30 years for plotting to blow up a plane.' without mentioning two words; can you guess what these words are? Yes they manage not to mention 'Islam' or 'Muslim'; despite the fact that they do say that:
One line of the BBC's reports also had me chuckling (in a sick sort of way) - 'Karim, who had a British wife and a child, was told he faced deportation after he had completed his sentence.'
Be honest, he won't be deported as he has a 'right to a family life' so this will be against his human rights.
'Rajib Karim, 31, from Newcastle, used his job to access information for an al-Qaeda preacher based in Yemen to target BA's flights in the US.
Why so coy BBC? It is almost as though the BBC are trying to pretend that Islam has nothing to do with this and other terrorists.
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The judge told the court: "The offences were of the utmost gravity. You are and were a committed jihadist who understood his duty to his religion involves fighting and, God-willing, dying and then being rewarded in the afterlife.
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He and his brother had contacted radical preacher Anwar al-Awlaki, a key figure in al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, saying they wanted to fight jihad overseas.'
One line of the BBC's reports also had me chuckling (in a sick sort of way) - 'Karim, who had a British wife and a child, was told he faced deportation after he had completed his sentence.'
Be honest, he won't be deported as he has a 'right to a family life' so this will be against his human rights.
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That is a different article.
NCF
Yes, I am aware that it is. Fact is, both words are still mentioned, as the inference in your original post was that the BBC was generally not using them in coverage of this case. "Spot the missing word (again)" is what you said.
Interesting that, isn't it?
NCF indeed.
For the last time, I was commenting on a particular BBC report where they managed not to mention that this individual was a Muslim or Islamist. I don't care if the BBC reported it in a previous article, they didn't in this one and yes that is important. If you don't see that it is important then either you are a fool or just a troll.
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You don't care? Pretty narrow-minded view of things isn't it?
Again, I cite the heading of your blog post "Spot the missing word (again)". Reading the article it's patently obvious what his religious affiliation is, and if people need their hand held while reading an article then perhaps they should start with slightly easier reading.
Your refusal to even entertain a sensible response to my post suggests that you have no interest in the truth, or in reasoned debate. The "importance" of the article comes in the level of detail that actually IS provided.
Reducing the debate to calling someone a "fool" or a "troll" proves, to me at least, that you are utterly incapable of taking part in an adult back-and-forth on this. I understand that you have strongly-held views on issues that concern Israel, Islam etc etc, but that doesn't excuse your obvious lack of insight into the majority of subjects you tackle on this blog - Doctor Who notwithstanding.
You are persistent aren't you? Now I know I said NCF but you are special enough to get one more comment.
My post was, as well you know, pointing out that yet again the BBC have managed to write a piece about someone involved in planning a terrorist act whose religion was a key point. It matters little if the BBC managed to report this salient fact in an earlier piece, key facts are key facts and need to be repeated for those people who do not read every BBC article.
You are quite wrong in saying what is important is what IS in the report not what is not. Surely even you realise that sins of omission are as bad as sins of commission or that bias in deciding what not to report is as powerful a weapon against the truth as what to report.
I am always interested in serious debate but not with trolls and you are quite clearly a troll. I have taken part in many 'back-and-forths' and indeed enjoy them; here's an example http://notasheepmaybeagoat.blogspot.com/2010/11/post-comment-discourse-versus-post.html
I will leave it to others to decide whether I have insight or not into matters other than Doctor Who; I couldn't possibly comment. However if you find my posts so lacking why not go and find another blog to frequent and leave me and those who do appreciate my posts to live in peace.
I would like to withdraw my description of you as a fool for you might just be wrong rather than foolishly wrong. However I do still have my suspicions that youare a troll not a serious commeneter. Your reply to this comment will help me make up my mind.
I think that as my comments have at no point been abusive, in my opinion anyway, then that would make it clear that I'm not a troll.
I think the BBC's reporting of that story in general has made it clear the reasons behind the gentleman's actions. I don't regard the omission of those words as bias of any form, but if you do then that's fine. Yet again, I think you've missed my point.
I fully understand that people appreciate your views when they visit this site, but you have to accept that in an open forum for debate/comment like a blog it won't just be people who agree with your opinions that visit. As such, I don't think you should reject criticism out of hand as being someone trolling you. By doing so, it makes me - and potentially others - that there's no depth to, or fact behind, what you post.
If you don't want me to read your blog anymore - or comment at least - I will refrain from doing so from this comment onwards as a matter of courtesy, and leave you "in peace".
Once again, I enjoy debate and take criticism on board. I only acuse people of trolling when their words seem to point to that conclusion.
There's plenty of depth and fact behind the serious posts that I write.
As to your last sentence, it seems that either you are incredibly polite or you were a troll who realised that I wasn't going to rise to your bait. Whichever the reason, farewell.
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