What does the BBC find newsworthy?

The BBC manage to find the space to tell us that:

'Hundreds take part in Worthing's Big Bike Sunday

Hundreds of people have taken part in a cycling event in a Sussex coastal town which saw cars give way to pedal power.

A section of Worthing seafront between Wallace Avenue and Grand Avenue was closed to traffic as part of Big Bike Sunday.'

Gosh, that's a hard-hitting news story.

Not too surprisingly the BBC do not find any space to tell us about the rally in Trafalgar Square today where:

'Israel’s supporters came out in Trafalgar Square today to show sympathy with Israel as rockets continue to rain down from Gaza and to wish a happy 25th birthday to Gilad Schalit who is in his sixth year in isolation in Gaza having been kidnapped by Hamas from Israeli soil when he was 19.

There were some tremendous speeches.

Hasan Afzal, of British Muslims for Israel, said he supports Israel because it is “the only country in the Middle East where Muslims have freedom and democracy”.'

If Richard Millett can record the event why not the BBC?

Some days ago I predicted that the BBC would not mention the 25th birthday of Gilad Shalit. I was wrong the BBC did manage this piece on Friday. Nothing today and that BBC piece is a masterpiece of manipulation; here are some lovely extracts:

'It is thought that there are more than 5,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons, including some 200 who are under 18 years old.

...

Indirect talks - being mediated by Egypt and Germany - have centred on a prisoner exchange that would see hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli jails.

Mr Netanyahu has rejected the demand unless some of the worst offenders - including 450 with Israeli "blood on their hands" - are exiled. Hamas has rejected this condition.

Some of the 5,000 Palestinian prisoners have been tried and convicted of serious crimes such as murder in the Israeli courts, but others are being held without charge.'

But not a word on the date of Gilad Shalit's birthday and nothing about the rally in Trafalgar Square. Space issues or just the usual BBC hatred of Israel?