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Israeli Lives Matter – Sign Our Petition to the BBC

BBC must tell the truth when Palestinians murder Israelis The BBC’s initial headline describing the Palestinian terrorist attack in which two Israelis were murdered was: “Palestinian shot dead after Jerusalem attack kills two.” …

Simon Plosker
October 11, 2015
12:00 am

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BBC must tell the truth when Palestinians murder Israelis

The BBC’s initial headline describing the Palestinian terrorist attack in which two Israelis were murdered was: “Palestinian shot dead after Jerusalem attack kills two.”

Those who came to the BBC website after the attack would be led to believe that the Hamas terrorist was actually the victim! This is an unacceptable error.

We demand that the BBC issues an apology and takes steps to prevent a recurrence. Headlines describing terrorist attacks must make clear who are the terrorist and who are the victims.

Please sign our complaint to the BBC and let them know that Israeli Lives Matter.

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Tags: BBC, headline bias, Israeli Lives Matter, Jerusalem, Lack of context, Old City, petition, terror attack

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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