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  1. George R says:
    April 5, 2010 at 12:59 pm

    Islamikaze in Peshawar.

    It is BBC propaganda to omit words ‘Islamic’ and ‘Jihad’ from reports; instead, pro-Islamic political instructions from on high at the BBC requires the substitution of  bromide words like ‘militants’ and ‘attack’.

    ‘Mail’ has:

    “Taliban blasts hit U.S. consulate in Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least six”

    Read more: http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1263693/Taliban-blasts-hit-U-S-consulate-Pakistani-city-Peshawar-killing-six.html#ixzz0kEImOAob
    BBC:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8603288.stm

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    • deegee says:
      April 5, 2010 at 7:00 pm

      I just heard the BBC World Report. Those who bombed the US Consulate in Peshawar are not simply ‘militants’. They are ‘suspected militants’!

      The only way that would play is if there was a doubt a bomb had exploded, as in possibly an explosion from faulty gas cylinders.

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  2. George R says:
    April 5, 2010 at 1:29 pm

    Compare and contrast:

    1.) How ‘Jihadwatch’s Hugh Fitzgerald reports Islamic aspects of Nigeria, etc.:-

    “Fitzgerald: That “Communal Violence” In Nigeria, That “Civil War” In the Sudan”

    with:

    2.)How BBC’s Ms. Duffield reports Islamic aspects of Nigeria:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8600639.stm

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    • deegee says:
      April 5, 2010 at 7:04 pm

      In fairness to the BBC, the Nigerian Government (I asked a friend who is a Nigerian diplomat) also takes the view that the Islamic vs. Christian conflict is subordinate to the land owners vs. migrating herdsmen narrative.

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  3. David Preiser (USA) says:
    April 5, 2010 at 2:56 pm

    Don’t tell the BBC:

    Tea Party 48% Obama 44%

    On major issues, 48% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is closer to their views than President Barack Obama. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 44% hold the opposite view and believe the president’s views are closer to their own.

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