The BBC casually reports that a “Gaza rocket hits south Israel.” Oh really? Isn’t that a wonderfully innocuous way of revealing that Hamas is still trying to murder those pesky Jews, even during a so-called “cease-fire” (Hudna). The BBC is quick to add that both sides have “violated” the cease-fires, so suggesting an equivalence where none such exists. Hamas has shown bad faith, as one might expect, and is still enthusiastically targeting innocent Israeli people and when Israel dares to respond to this it is then declared to be as bad as Hamas.
DON’T MENTION THE WAR!
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It’s a “Gaza” rocket, not a “Hamas” rocket !
Hey presto – no responsibility!
David 10:58
Or maybe the BBC think a “Gaza” is a make of rocket !
Grant | 31.01.09 – 12:45 pm
the BBC think a “Gaza” is a make of rocket
Well, they are “home made” aren’t they? 🙂
Perhaps the BBC are aware it isn’t just Hamas firing rockets.
Perhaps the BBC are aware it isn’t just Hamas firing rockets
From the master of weaving and ducking himself.
Have you really really not attended one single reading comprehension class in your entire life?
They are still not fired by ‘Gaza’.
If you don’t know who fired it, then “gaza rocket” is fair enough.
mikewineliberal | 31.01.09 – 1:44 pm,
Fair point, but the BBC could save itself a helluvah lot of trouble by simply using the word “terrorist.” After all, the Gazans have been terrorising southern Israel for years now with rockets so why not call a spade a spade?
Though the headline is a bit wishy-washy
Gaza rocket hits southern Israel
as if a firecracker went off without human intervention and sort of accidentally landed in Israel, it’s still a fair article and quite astonishing for the BBC. I guess that’s why it’s nameless.
Though the article includes the obligatory disparity in the death tolls, the BBC generally doesn’t admit this:
The ceasefires ended Israel’s three-week offensive in Gaza, which was aimed at stopping rocket attacks on Israel.
Note the lack of the obligatory …which Israel says…
Or this:
The ceasefires, independently declared by each side, have been violated several times.
An Israeli soldier was killed in a bomb attack on the Gaza border on Tuesday. Israel responded with air raids and a brief ground incursion by soldiers and tanks.
The BBC getting the sequence of events right – never thought I’d see the day.
Or this:
He has no plans to meet leaders of Hamas, which Israel, the US and the European Union consider a terrorist group.
The BBC often restricts that observation to the US and Israel and doesn’t mention the EU.
Goodness, are people high up at the BBC kicking the butts of anti-Semitic staff and could change be around the corner? Certainly looks like it.
mikewhineliberal:
What’s your trolling name on stormfront mikey?
BBC: Is this supposed to be ‘News’, or is it simply the Al Beeb copying Al Jazeera?:
“Arabic press praises Erdogan”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7860328.stm
A non-Arabic, non Al-Beeb rejoinder about what Erdogan represents:
“Turkish PM: Israel should be banned from United Nations”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2009/01/024422print.html
Don’t feed the troll
4 more Hamas rocket attacks from Gaza into Southern Israel. Hasn’t appeared yet on BBC’s web site
Jerusalem Post:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304647080&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
and
Haaretz:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1060562.html
How long does it take for the BBC to put up the news of Hamas’s latest rocket strike? or are they carefully considering the wording or waiting for an Israeli retailation which they can use in the headline and story.
Ilan: How long does it take for the BBC to put up the news of Hamas’s latest rocket strike? or are they carefully considering the wording or waiting for an Israeli retailation which they can use in the headline and story.
I have a copy of the unpublised news headline here:
“Gaza crisis erupts after Israel hits back.”
BBC are just waiting.
ilan | 01.02.09 – 7:55 am The
OmegaMan | 01.02.09 – 9:38 am
I wasn’t following the BBC coverage yesterday but you make fair points.
Still, it really does look as if the BBC is making some effort to be even-handed here – even though, as we know, there is no equivalence between terror groups and Israel.
Today their main story is the hitting of a hospital in Sri Lanka. They are almost giving it as much emphasis as Gaza. People have complained that the BBC hasn’t been wringing its hands over the state of civilians in Sri Lanka. See comment no. 718 and the BBC response at no. 720. 719 is also interesting:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldtonight/2009/01/gaza_points_of_view.html?page=2#comments
mikewine 2:53
Fair point, the rocket might have been fired by the Scottish Women’s Rural Institute.
mikewineliberal | 31.01.09 – 2:53 pm |
If you don’t know who fired it, then “gaza rocket” is fair enough.
Yes, but then doesn’t this imply that all Gazans share collective responsibility for the rockets?
Bryan 8:29
The BBC still have the problem with Sri Lanka, that neither of the protagonists are Muslim,Jews or Christians so the BBC can’t know which side to take and , therefore, generally , prefer not to report it.