I am worrying whether I was brainwashed by BBC Newsround in the 1970's but apart from an odd taste in knitwear I think I survived untouched. I don't think the same is true of today's children. The BBC have a children's news website and it includes background pieces on items of world news. These include a page on "How did the fight against terror start?" This page includes the gem "The man blamed for being behind the attacks was the USA's most wanted suspect, Osama Bin Laden." Blamed? Surely he has admitted and even gloated over the attack, hmmmm.
The page on Osama Bin Laden has even choicer comments :
"Who is Osama Bin Laden?
Osama Bin Laden is a very rich man who uses his money to run a network around the world with thousands of followers who are willing to die for their beliefs." What does this network do, run chess clubs, organise coffee mornings, or run training schools for terrorists? The phrase "die for their beliefs" hints it may be the latter but shhh don't tell anyone.
"The US is sure that Bin Laden caused the terror attacks." Does anyone apart from the US think this as well or is it just "The Great Satan"? Has Osama Bin Laden admitted this act was carried out by his chess players? Why is the BBC being so coy here, can the US never be in the right?
"This makes Bin Laden the main target for the US military." Any other countries involved in the search for Osama?
"He also dislikes America because he thinks the US helped enemies of his religion - the Israeli Jews - during wars in the Middle East. " I think Osama's hatred of the US is for other reasons and this sentence is so full of spin I feel dizzy.
"Saudi-born Bin Laden sees all Americans as enemies because they seem to take Israel's side." It will all be OK id the US leaves Israel to be destroyed by those nice men from Hamas and Hezbollah who have also attended chess clubs and coffee mornings.
The pages on the Taleban also need commenting on but I have found a more urgent page on "Hamas takes control of Gaza Strip". This needs more time to "fisk" properly and I will return to this later but in the meantime:
"Fatah wants to try to get more independence from Israel through peaceful talks. " Well simplistic but bearable statement.
"But Hamas doesn't want anything to do with Israel and is prepared to fight for what they want. " True but surely worth stating that they want is the destruction of Israel and the death of all Jews.
How about the page page :
"What is Israel's position?
Israel has not been involved in the latest fighting. " That must have hurt to say, how the BBC must look forward to Israel getting involved so this line can disappear.
"The country has talked to Fatah in the past but not many positive decisions have been made." Positive by whom? Offers to hand over control to Fatah doesn't count?
As I say. more to come on this rich resource.
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