BBC Journo and the “Jewish Lobby”
November 8, 2012 17:32 by Simon PloskerHow about this for a Q and A on the US elections with the BBC’s Washington correspondent Katty Kay?
Katty Kay doesn’t stop at just the conflation of “power and money” when it comes to questioning the motivations behind US support for Israel.
It’s not the so-called Israel lobby but the “Jewish lobby” that Kay refers to – phraseology that should not be part of any mainstream media’s lexicon.
Even if Katty Kay was being thoughtless rather than deliberately offensive, it nonetheless offers a disturbing window into the casually prejudiced mindset of some in the BBC and other media.
According to the Jewish Chronicle, a BBC spokesman said that the correspondent’s “primary point in responding was that the US regards Israel as a key ally in the Middle East and also recognizes the importance and influence of this relationship on the voting”.
Evidently the BBC cannot even see what was so offensive about Kay’s statement. Or is it just easier not to acknowledge the problem?
Ed Frias
11:00 pm
Nov 08, 2012
OMG and this woman is one of the main BBC newscasters on TV
Then to think such a liar and hate monger is allowed to spew her racist Nazi lies about Israel.
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martin
3:48 pm
Nov 09, 2012
she made no mention of the black, or afro american lobby voting for obama
she made no mention of latino american lobby and other ethnic minorities
she made no mention of the all powerful oil lobby and their arab friends.
she can only mention the jewish lobby. why? because israel is the only country in the world that the usa can rely on.
the bbc is only running true to form, so what can you expect?
this is the same bbc that churns out postivie reporting on obama and again true to form, negative reporting on the republican side.
this is the same leftwing bbc that views the USA with hatred and picks on israel because;
1/ it is a jewish state
2/ it is beholden to the arabv/muslim cause
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Horrified
6:17 pm
Nov 11, 2012
Right now the BBC is in terrible trouble because it falsely accused the ex-chairman of the Conservative Party in Thatcher’s days of being a homosexual paedophile. This is on top of the BBC itself harbouring paedophiles for more than 40 years. The newly appointed chairman has been forced to resign and this is just the beginning. Perhaps they are going to get a bit of what they richly deserve in the coming days: a public enquiry and an effort to force them to accept some accountability for their dishonesty and partisanship over a very long time period.
The BBC will no longer be able to carry on invulnerable to the despicable consequences of their arrogant belief in their infallibility.
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martin
3:54 pm
Nov 09, 2012
3/ america is too big a threat to the bbc, and too many of their reporters want to go there
4/the bbc is the publicly funded tax payers corporation that has never been neutral and always shows its bias.
5/the bbc is headed by the home office and isa still involved with the foreign office. the former foreign and commonwealthofffice always denied being anti-jewish, until recently, when it admitted its sin, but has since changed. well that’s a load of bollocks anyway
the highly regarded author and journalist wrote in his daily express column last friday a critical report on his relationship with the bbc. he accused it of being biased and shows no neutrality at all.
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martin
4:01 pm
Nov 09, 2012
he went on to claim that if the “suits” disagree with you, it was not reported. it will only publish what it wants regardless of the truth. he gave an excellent report of his time while in Nigeria during the civil war with the mainly christian ibos who wanted their own iboland. the bbc would not voice his words at all, even though he was in the middle of the fighting. the head of news and affairs and the high commissioner were 400 miles away in the capital.
remember kate adie’s biased reporting from sarajevo, the intention was to hide the croats firing and only the serbs firing on the town.
still another bbc reported cried tears for paedophil arafat. perhaps they’ll cry for savile.
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martin
7:54 pm
Nov 09, 2012
oops, apologies, the author is frederick forsyth. the column he wrote was terrific and confirmed exactly our impression of this marxist,maoist,leninist organisation. it is pro eu, because of its corruption, which means the top people can spend our money, as and how much and how they like it. after all, both are funded by “only ordinary tax payers.
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Ed Frias
8:41 pm
Nov 09, 2012
Can Katty Kay tell me why the IOC refused to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Palestinian Munich massacre this year?
Hmmm, could it be the Arab oil lobby.
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Adam
12:50 pm
Nov 10, 2012
Katty Kay is disgusting.
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martin
5:56 pm
Nov 10, 2012
Hmm, so the USA is going to supply a large number of military aircraft to Saudi Arabia, whoose border is only a minutes flying distance from Eilat.
No mention of the Arab oil producing lobby then? Wonder why?
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BBC-Journalismus und die “jüdische Lobby” « Medien BackSpin
7:08 pm
Nov 11, 2012
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Stephen
7:25 pm
Nov 11, 2012
Kathy Kay? Just missing the third “K”?
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Brent Pudsey
4:55 am
Nov 15, 2012
It is shameful for a journalist to use a unifying event as a means to grandstand for their viewpoints. She should support democracy in Israel and the Us.
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Kris
2:17 pm
Nov 16, 2012
I don’t see the problem. The term ‘jewish lobby’ in was in my school text book when I studied US politics. It’s a reality. It was a fairly simple answer to a simple question.
She wasn’t making a comment alluding to some kind of stereotype of a secret Jewish plot. There is an Irish lobby in US politics as well, hence Clinton’s visits and role in the peace process.
I don’t understand how so many can ‘like’ a comment like: ‘she made no mention of the black, or afro american lobby voting for obama’.
Why would she when the question that had nothing to do with the question?
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David - Pro-Palestine and anti-hamas
11:57 pm
Dec 15, 2012
“THE POWER AND MONEY OF THE JEWISH LOBBY”.
anyone who says it like that, IS already a NEONAZI.
OUT of ANY government WITH ALL antisemites. OUT, RAUS, WITH ALL RACISTS !!!!!
TOUTES LES RACISTES: DEHORS DE CHAQUE GOUVERNMENT !!!
NAZIS RAUS !!!
NAZIS RAUS !!!
NAZIS RAUS !!!
A good PUNK CD with REPORTS about HUNDREDS of EVENTS in which NEONAZIS BARGED in the HOMES of FOREIGNERS in GERMANY and KILLED THEM.
neonazi = hamas = hitler = evil = violence = danger to democracy and mankind.
abolish nazism-antisemitism-racism-fascism. THIS IS armageddon.
nine tenths of my family gased in auschwitz.
PAUL KLEE. And that other poet who was in the KZ.
hamas-palis are the nazis, not israel.
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