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Sunday 22 August 2010

The BBC and how they report on the hated Israel as oppossed to an Islamic state

The BBC headline a story on Israel thus 'UN urges Israel to loosen Gaza restrictions' and start the article
'A UN report says the Israeli military has increasingly restricted Palestinian access to farmland in the Gaza Strip and fishing zones along its shore.

The Office for Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Gazans were never informed of the exact nature of such restrictions, and the Israeli army used live ammunition to enforce them.

The policy has led to tens of thousand of people losing their livelihoods.'
In total 530 words, the vast majority being anti-Israel.

A much smaller story is this one headlined 'Saudi man 'faces spine-op punishment', it's a telling of the story that I broke during the last week. The BBC end the story with the incredible line
'Correspondents say the case highlights attempts by Saudi Arabia to balance religious traditions with a push to modernise the country.'
The BBC always ready to make an excuse for an Islamic country but never happier than when attacking the only non-Islamic country in the area. Oh and tat article about Saudi Arabian judicially approved cruelty appears lower down the news agenda and comprises just 259 words.

1 comment:

Craig said...

'Correspondents say the case highlights attempts by Saudi Arabia to balance religious traditions with a push to modernise the country.'

No, it doesn't. It really, really doesn't.

There are some very disturbing 'correspondents' at the BBC!