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BBC, Israel, and Another Olympic Asterisk

The BBC's Israeli Olympic page is getting dumb and dumber. The country's size is now qualified. It used to say But…

By July 30, 2012
BBC, Israel, and Another Olympic Asterisk

The BBC’s Israeli Olympic page is getting dumb and dumber. The country’s size is now qualified.

It used to say

But now it says

If only the Beeb were equally vigorous about putting a similar asterisk on “facts” from Palestinian sources.

This is after a whole stink over the Beeb’s handling of Jerusalem’s capital status. I can’t wait to see what other revisions are being made at British taxpayer expense.

(Hat tip: IsraellyCool)

© Divuach Ne’eman R”A, 2025

Pesach Benson

Pesach Benson

A Baltimore native, Pesach was with HonestReporting from 2011 to 2020. He edited the Israel Daily News Stream and authored the e-book, Red Lines: HonestReporting’s 8 Categories of Media Bias. Before moving to Israel in 1995, he worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Jewish Times. Pesach has a B.A. in political science from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, where he was executive editor of the campus newspaper.

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