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BBC Gradually Discovers Terror Truck Had Actual Driver Behind the Wheel

The BBC has a habit of attributing terror attacks to inanimate objects or vehicles. And so it was the case with an appalling truck ramming terror attack that took place in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood…

Simon Plosker
January 8, 2017
12:00 am

Reading time: 2 minutes

The BBC broke the news with the following:

This gradually progressed to the following:

The BBC appears to be confused as to who or what carried out the attack. Having removed scare quotes from the headline, did a lorry really attack the soldiers? That seems rather strange given that, according to the opening paragraph of the story, a “suspected terrorist” was responsible.

So which is it BBC? A lorry or a terrorist?

Eventually, the BBC appears to have acknowledged that there was actually a driver behind the wheel of the vehicle.

Congratulations to the BBC for what, sadly, amounts to progress.

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Tags: Armon Hanatziv, BBC, distorted facts, headline bias, Jerusalem, terror attack, truck ramming

Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020. Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias. Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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