More about the coverage of the killing of Sheikh Yassin

There is a new group blog called Oh, That Liberal Media, somewhat on the model of this one but usually covering US newspapers. However this post mentions this BBC despatch:

The BBC dispatch, however, is astonishingly biased, even considering its source. In about 800 words, there is literally no mention of Hamas’s suicide bombings and, amidst copious quotes from Palestinians, all of five words allocated to the Israeli perspective; the quotation marks around the Israeli Army’s statement that Yassin bore “‘personal responsibility’ for attacks that had killed many Israelis” conveniently doubling as scare quotes. After that, the only mention of Hamas’s violent activities is in the third-to-last graf, a generic mention that “the militant group killed scores of Israelis.”

The other three words representing the Israeli perspective, Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Zeev Bolm saying that Yassin was “marked for death,” are, so far as I can tell, in fact a months old quote presented as a new utterance, its misuse falsely representing the Israelis in reveling in death and vendetta.

Now when I read the BBC report linked to by OTLM there was the following mention of suicide bombings:

Israel says were responsible for the twin suicide attack in the port of Ashdod on 14 March that killed 10 Israelis.

Whether Harry Seigel of OTLM missed the mention or the BBC did a stealth edit I cannot tell. But I do know the BBC’s track record on stealth edits.

Dash Riprock also comments on a “glowing obituary” for the late Sheikh.