BBC’s Warped Priorities
June 14, 2011 8:53 by Simon PloskerThe Middle East is full of important news stories at this particular moment. Thousands of Syrian civilians are fleeing across the Turkish border to escape Bashar Assad’s murderous crackdown on anti-government protests. A new Hezbollah-dominated government has just been appointed in Lebanon.
But what is the second item on the BBC News Online homepage? A report on Gazan unemployment released by UNRWA.
This says much about the BBC’s warped sense of priorities when it comes to the Middle East. And the story itself chimes perfectly with the BBC’s worldview where Palestinians, in this case Hamas, cannot be held in any way responsible for the travails of the Palestinian people.
For both UNRWA and the BBC, there is only one party responsible for Gaza’s economic difficulties – Israel. Perhaps they would like to consider how much better off Gazans would be if Hamas decided to renege on stockpiling weapons and allowing missiles to be launched at Israeli civilian targets from the Gaza Strip. Then, perhaps there would be no need for an Israeli blockade.
Is it a coincidence that this story has made headline news on the BBC? Or could it be something to do with the fact that UNRWA spokesman Christopher Gunness, who sent the report to the BBC and other media, just happens to be a former employee of the BBC?
Steve Mann
10:41 am
Jun 14, 2011
Yep! Thats the BBC for you- Now that the UK government has established the BBC funding for the next 3 years- once again its Producers, Journalists and Directors move back to their Left Wing ways.
After that piece of News on Gaza- A woman from the Bahrain Embassy was interviewed on the Human Rights issues on the hospital incident .
Kid glove approach-
If it had been an Israeli problem- can you you imagine!
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Violet
7:12 pm
Jun 14, 2011
The accompanying photograph shows a man behind a wire fence, suggesting someone caged. What has that to do with unemployment?
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Adi
4:06 am
Jun 17, 2011
I just sent in a(nother!) complaint to them too – this time regarding their map of what they consider ‘Israel’ (find latest example at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13802666)
- The world has been unsuccessful in getting Israel and the Palestinians to reach an agreement on borders for maybe some 20+ years now but who needs an agreement when the BBC has decided for them and simply shoved Israel back to the 1949 armistice lines! Hey presto problem solved!! Why the world has been sponsoring one set of negotiations after the other is obviously beyond the BBC when to it the situation is so clear that Israel has no claim to the West Bank whatsoever…
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Steve Mann
2:29 pm
Jun 19, 2011
Well just listened to another BBC programme this morning hosted by Nicky Campbell-
Guess the title-
“Is it time to free Palestine”
Need I go into the content!
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Adi
2:59 pm
Jun 19, 2011
and I bet their conclusion was ‘not quite yet’ (not!)
yemach shemam
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