Let’s think……. Hamburg/Dresden   D-Day     Nagasaki/Hiroshima   Vietnam   Afghanistan   Iraq     Guess we’d know what ‘you’d’ do. The same as the Israelis when it comes to defeating terror and a merciless and ruthless enemy which seeks to eliminate you……’never again’ is the Israeli response…and who can blame them.          

    Pounce originally came up with these figures in the comments and I was reminded of them by Is the BBC biased?: Analysis Of Gazans Killed So Far In Operation Protective Edge   From their figures, and I haven’t looked at the source myself, it looks like the Palestinian casualties are 14% male under fighting age (up to 17), 18% women, 6% male over age (over 60) and the … Continue reading →

  Judge for yourselves how much attention BBC journalists have paid to Hamas’ media guidance to its own supporters…whom, if you were of a cynical bent, might say included the BBC, or elements thereof: Via Harry’s Place/Memri: The Hamas guide to social media MEMRI provides some excerpts: “Anyone killed or martyred is to be called a civilian from Gaza or Palestine, before we talk about his status in jihad or … Continue reading →

      Evan Davis, the BBC’s economics goto guy, is in the Newsnight hotseat: Evan Davis to replace Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight “Evan is an outstanding journalist,” said BBC director general Tony Hall. “I think he is an extraordinary, clever and intelligent interviewer. He has a wonderful presence on TV and I’ve got no doubt he’ll be a really great presenter of Newsnight,”   Wonder if he will get … Continue reading →