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Thursday, 24 May 2012

Complaint made to BBC

I know it's pretty pointless and I can almost write the brush-off that I will receive but I have taken the time to complain to the BBC about the bias shown by their choice of what Israel/Palestinian stories to report and which not to report.

Type of complaint: BBC News (TV Radio Online)
What is your complaint about: BBC News Online
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18149573
Complaint category: Bias
Contacted us before: No
Complaint title: Bias in the way the BBC report attacks
Complaint description:
The BBC coverage of the alleged shooting by 'Jewish settlers' at Palestinians was front page news for the BBC news website and only today has it stopped being a lead story on the Middle East News page. No deaths and only a few injuries were the result of this incident, an incident which even the BBC have to report has disputed causes. Here is a list of the attacks by Palestinians on Israelis over the two days leading up to this story being headline news for the BBC. None of which have been reported by the BBC: May 20, 2012 Rock attacks at the Shoafat checkpoint cause moderate injuries to an Israeli policeman’s leg. Rock attacks near Adam cause heavy damage to vehicles. May 21, 2012 Border police near Issowiya are subjected to rock attacks. 2 rock attacks on Israeli vehicles near the Arab school in Tekoa cause damage to car windshields. Rock attacks between Bet Umar and El Arub on the Gush Etzion-Hebron Highway. Border police located at the A-Tur neighborhood near Jerusalem are attacked by dozens of Arab terrorists. Israeli Security forces arrest 5 of the agitators.' Am I right in assuming that to the BBC attacks by Israelis on Palestinians are newsworthy but attacks by Palestinians on Israelis are not? If I am not right then why the disparity in coverage?

We will see...

1 comment:

Les.w said...

Keep it up - somebody has to at least try to hold the BBC to account - somewhere, eventually, in someone's tiny brain, a tiny light might go on...