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INSTITUTIONAL JEW HATRED

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You have to hand it to the BBC, if there is ONE subject which brings out their innate bias, it is that of Israel. Did anyone else catch THIS item from earlier today? Not once is the tricky issue of Palestinian terrorism brought up during the entire interview even though it is central to Israel’s need to ensure effective security. I also was interested in the way in which Obama’s one-sided kow-towing to Palestinian interests in treated as the right course of action by the BBC. Couldn’t help but wonder if Humphyrs had his Keffiyeh on when conducting this interview? (Also, can anyone tell me where the “West Bank” is? Could this refer to Judea and Samaria? Just wondering….) The Fatah representative was allowed to get away with murder, plus ca change.

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Same Old Same Old

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Q. What do you remember about the slap on the wrist given to the BBC by the BBC Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee?

A. Some of the complaints about bias in the Middle east Editor’s reporting were upheld.

All well and good. What has happened since? Has Jeremy Bowen changed? Has he been demoted? Has the reporting become less biased?
The Zionist Federation and the intrepid Jonathan Turner who tussled with the BBC for almost two years over this are not happy.

On April 16th they issued a press release stating exactly why they were not satisfied with the BBC’s response. Or lack thereof.

For example rephrasing of the web article was inadequate and not in accord with the trust’s findings.
The BBC recognises that ” there is no consensus view of history” and that “there are others who have different analysis – which of course they are entitled to.”
But Jeremy Bowen does not refer to the existence of “different analyses” Does he even realise there are any?

The Zionist Federation contends that the BBC’s biased reporting over the years has contributed to overt and covert hostility towards Israel and Jews, which has led to the racist acts against British Jews which they have statistically documented.

Even those who dispute that will wonder why so little has changed, and why Jeremy Bowen is still the BBC’s Middle East editor.

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Film Festival Fiasco

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See how the BBC reports the fiasco at the Edinburgh Film Festival. How dumbed down this is, and how casually they recount Ken Loach’s boycotting blackmail,

– (Loach) urged pro Palestinians to “stay away” –

and how little they are making of Ginnie Atkinson’s astonishing U-turn.

The item has been running at Harry’s place since 15th May, and updated on 19th, and today Melanie P has taken it up. The BBC plays it down, and carries on plugging Loach’s film about Eric Cantona regardless.

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Different Strokes for Different Folks

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Honest Reporting links to JJ Goldberg’s article in Columbia Journalism Review where he analyses and compares coverage of the “debunked allegations” of IDF abuses in Gaza. (I use the quotes because I’m quoting.)
He is interested in how the story is framed, and notes differences in the way the American and British press present the subject.

JJ Goldberg acknowledges that the US ‘Jewish lobby’ is a factor that both affects and influences the American Press’s gentler treatment of Israel, but explains that this is understandable, no more sinister than any other pressure from any other organised interest group, and no bad thing. He is asking: What’s wrong with a Jewish lobby? Why shouldn’t Jews have an interest group? The Jews are good guys and valuable to America.

“It’s almost a cliché these days to suggest that the presence of a well-organized Jewish community in America has a lot to do with the way Israel is treated by government and the media. It’s a mistake, though, to note the community’s ability to threaten and overlook its role as a leavening force in the larger culture. Jewish sensibilities help shape America’s sense of humor, U.S. attitudes toward civil rights, and much more. It would be astonishing if American Jews didn’t also influence America’s view of Israel—much as Irish Americans have helped mold attitudes toward Ireland.”

The article shows how the BBC’s Paul Wood seems to represent the British attitude. His reports, in sharp contrast, are blatantly critical of Israel, with emotive images accompanying inflammatory voiceovers, openly disapproving and condemnatory.

It is a fascinating exercise. What particularly interested me was the conclusion that:

“That’s a key difference between American and British coverage of the Middle East. The British Jewish community is well rooted, but it’s smaller—barely one-tenth the size of, say, the British Muslim community.”

It sort of hints that the ‘Muslim lobby’ has been busy influencing and affecting things here. If so, are we to assume that it’s understandable, natural, and quite okay, and we must accept that in Britain we have a culture that regards the phrase “Jewish Lobby” as shorthand for sinister cabal with dastardly intent, and the word Zionist as the embodiment of evil.

In saying this, I could be letting the Beeb off the hook, saying they’re only reflecting our culture.
But are they reflecting, or creating?

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The Big Question.

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Who is to blame, Nicky Campbell or the BBC?

Is that an “either or” question? No. Neither is: “Is Israel a racist state or a country under threat?”

The latter part of the question was not addressed as who could argue with the statement that Israel is under threat?

All that was left to discuss was: can any kind of discrimination against an enemy that is hell-bent on destroying one, ever be justified?

BBC conjures up a loaded question which automatically and emotively propounds the association of racism, the ultimate taboo, with the state of Israel, the beleaguered Jewish state.

After years of misinformation when so many misconceptions have continually been allowed to go unchallenged, programmes like this devised for entertainment are bound to be completely overwhelmed by prejudice and malice.

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Driven out by the Wall

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Sorry, but still with the Pope, this time from Honest Reporting, on the BBC’s Tim Franks and the “reason” he gives for the decline of Bethlehem’s Christian population. Tim Franks uses the usual technique of evoking sympathy by recounting a personal story, and he follows the plight of “Jonny” and his difficulties with the security walls.

Honest Reporting:

“Franks quoted several Palestinians who claim that Christians are leaving the city because of Israel’s security barrier. However, Franks also acknowledges that there could be another reason for the exodus.”

So while Franks does admit that some Christians are motivated to leave by fear of radical Islam but are afraid to put their views on record, he concentrates on the walls, once again mentioning the obligatory:

“Israel says the system of barriers it is building around the West Bank, sometimes cutting deep into occupied territory, is a security measure, although Palestinians call it a land grab.”


From Justus Reid Weiner, who has researched the plight of Christians in the Palestinian territories extensively:

“There are many examples of intimidation, beatings, land theft, firebombing of churches and other Christian institutions, denial of employment, economic boycotts, torture, kidnapping, forced marriage, sexual harassment, and extortion.”

“Many Palestinian Christian leaders accuse Israel of these crimes rather than the actual perpetrators[. ………]Others who are aware of the human rights crimes choose to remain silent about them.”

Plea from Honest reporting:

“The media has an obligation to report the truth. Insist that reporters tell the whole story when they cover the plight of Christians in the Middle East.”

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SLOW JOE AND THE TWO STATE SHOW

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I see the BBC is running the news that slow Joe Biden, Obama’s trained attack poodle, has told Israel that “it must” accept a two-State solution if the “conflict” with the Palestinians is to end. This entire BBC article is written entirely from a pro-Democrat position – which is at least a minor change since it’s normally written from a pro-Palestinian POV. These days, with The One, ascended into power, these positions are now virtually identical. Mind you, check out the imagery used to ensure sympathies are directed in the right direction, natch! As ever, the BBC shies away from referring to the Islamic terrorism that the Palestinians are so partial to indulging in. If you want to know what is happening in Israel, just avoid the BBC.

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Rebuilding the Tension

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Hurry! The embers are dying, we must stir things up again before it’s too late. People have nearly forgotten about the poor Palestinians!
But wait! What about the niggles over impartiality? What about Bowengate?

Get Jewish Katya Adler in for some good old fashioned blatantly emotive, one-sided reporting entitled “Demolitions build Jerusalem tension”
That’ll do the trick.

She can present something panoramic by showing a teeny close-up. The drawback being that there’s no ‘draw back.’ The missing panoramic ‘reveal’ might reveal a bigger picture; but without it she can paint just the picture she chooses.

Warning:
Hatred of Israel may have subsided now that events in Gaza have been replaced by other news. There’s a danger that certain other matters could prompt some of the public to put two and two together, and, heaven forfend, it’s even possible that they could link Israel’s difficulties over Islamist fundamentalism ……..with our own.
Oh No!
So; hey ho, hey ho, it’s off to work l go.
Katya Adler sets off to inflame the anger of the reader before it’ s too late.

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Paxo needs Stuffing

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I’ve been away ‘avin a loverly time /wish you were ‘ere.

Now I’m home there’s this backlog. Millions of comments and posts have accumulated.

All I saw on telly last week was The Apprentice. The one who was fired was useless, but then so were the others. How on earth did they ever even get where they are today? But that’s not BBC bias.

Something that appalled me was Jeremy Paxman. Honest Reporting has:

“Newsnight of 20 April Jeremy Paxman interviewed the UK Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Peter Gooderham following the walkout during Ahmadinejad’s speech:

Paxman: What is the difference between Zionism and racism?

Gooderham: Well, we see the two as being quite distinct. We…

Paxman: Yeah what’s the difference?

Gooderham: Zionism is a political movement relating to the establishment …

Paxman: So are some forms of racism!

Gooderham: …some form of homeland, a Jewish homeland in what is now Israel.

Perhaps Paxman was playing Devil’s Advocate in his usual style. However, is it a sign of the broader mindset within the BBC that finds it acceptable to ask questions such as “What is the difference between Zionism and racism?” View the footage and decide for yourself.”

But the things that I thought were even more ridiculous were, 1, Paxo’s exaggerated facial expressions – comedy exasperation – and 2, the outrageously hypocritical question “Why didn’t you do him the courtesy of listening to him?”
COURTESY? from Paxo the discourteous? Courtesy to Listen to AhMADinajad’s discourteously racist speech?
Stuff you Paxo.

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