Shameful !
I've been making this point to some of my friends for a while now, but today i have no doubt whatsoever: BBC is one of the most bias, one-sided, opinionated global media there is! Compared to BBC’s, even Al Jazeera's coverage of Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems as neutral as Pierluigi Colina' refereeing in a Champions League final.
If you spend some time on their website, you'll notice the pattern:
- any article that portrays either the suffering of the Gaza people (which I am NOT debating, as it's beyond doubt that they live in miserable conditions) or an attack of the Israeli army, gets full-day coverage - as the front article plus 3-4 other links in the page.
- any article that is discussing the plight of Israeli citizens continuously under rocket attacks (alas, BBC needs to keep the appearance of objectivity) is tucked away in maximum one of the subsections AND
- any article of this second type will no later than paragraph 2 (max3) immediately draw parallels with the problems in Gaza. The reciprocal never happens: article about the Palestinian suffering have, at the most, the last sentence as a reference to the Israeli side.
There's no point providing examples on the above points in this post, because any single example doesn't come as solid enough to prove the point. BUT, if you do want to test this, observe BBC's coverage on a longer period of time. It will come screaming in your face!
If you spend some time on their website, you'll notice the pattern:
- any article that portrays either the suffering of the Gaza people (which I am NOT debating, as it's beyond doubt that they live in miserable conditions) or an attack of the Israeli army, gets full-day coverage - as the front article plus 3-4 other links in the page.
- any article that is discussing the plight of Israeli citizens continuously under rocket attacks (alas, BBC needs to keep the appearance of objectivity) is tucked away in maximum one of the subsections AND
- any article of this second type will no later than paragraph 2 (max3) immediately draw parallels with the problems in Gaza. The reciprocal never happens: article about the Palestinian suffering have, at the most, the last sentence as a reference to the Israeli side.
There's no point providing examples on the above points in this post, because any single example doesn't come as solid enough to prove the point. BUT, if you do want to test this, observe BBC's coverage on a longer period of time. It will come screaming in your face!
posted by Albert at
11:29 PM
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