Comments on: BBC Admits to Bias http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/bbc-admits-to-bias/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:26:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: Almost the End of the Semester « The New Centrist http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/bbc-admits-to-bias/#comment-4815 Almost the End of the Semester « The New Centrist Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:30:56 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1211#comment-4815 [...] BBC Admits to Bias Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Slow Month AheadRandomsBittersweet…Hard to [...] […] BBC Admits to Bias Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Slow Month AheadRandomsBittersweet…Hard to […]

]]> By: Kamm and Bowen: a Splendid Pair of Chaps at Z-Word Blog http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/bbc-admits-to-bias/#comment-4700 Kamm and Bowen: a Splendid Pair of Chaps at Z-Word Blog Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:23:49 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1211#comment-4700 [...] Kamm makes an attempt to defend Jeremy Bowen here. After giving the background to the story he says that, On all that I have seen, Bowen’s [...] […] Kamm makes an attempt to defend Jeremy Bowen here. After giving the background to the story he says that, On all that I have seen, Bowen’s […]

]]> By: Susan http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/bbc-admits-to-bias/#comment-4653 Susan Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:00:27 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1211#comment-4653 I live in Philadelphia,and my local NPR station broadcasts the BBC at night. One night I heard a BBC reporter say that "Jews were naturally good at business. This isn't merely critical of Israel, it is classic antisemitism. I sent an e-mail. They admitted I had a point, but no correction was made. I was told the BBC did not have the time. I live in Philadelphia,and my local NPR station broadcasts the BBC at night. One night I heard a BBC reporter say that “Jews were naturally good at business. This isn’t merely critical of Israel, it is classic antisemitism. I sent an e-mail. They admitted I had a point, but no correction was made. I was told the BBC did not have the time.

]]> By: ganselmi http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/bbc-admits-to-bias/#comment-4643 ganselmi Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:16:22 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1211#comment-4643 Does Britain have a more serious anti-semetism problem than the rest of Europe? It certainly seems that way. And the BBC doesn't even represent the worst of it. That honor goes to The Guardian, whose editorial stance may as well be set by the editors New Left Review. Does Britain have a more serious anti-semetism problem than the rest of Europe?

It certainly seems that way. And the BBC doesn’t even represent the worst of it. That honor goes to The Guardian, whose editorial stance may as well be set by the editors New Left Review.

]]> By: BBC: an editor hired for correcting the anti-Israel bias was found to be perpetrating it « politinfo http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/bbc-admits-to-bias/#comment-4640 BBC: an editor hired for correcting the anti-Israel bias was found to be perpetrating it « politinfo Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:59:13 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1211#comment-4640 [...] Hoffman, co-Vice Chair of the UK Zionist Federation guest posts at Z-Word: The BBC is a unique institution. It is the largest broadcasting organisation on the planet (with [...] […] Hoffman, co-Vice Chair of the UK Zionist Federation guest posts at Z-Word: The BBC is a unique institution. It is the largest broadcasting organisation on the planet (with […]

]]> By: Andrew http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/bbc-admits-to-bias/#comment-4637 Andrew Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:07:29 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1211#comment-4637 So put the pressure on! So put the pressure on!

]]> By: BBC Acknowledges Bias « A Step At A Time http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/bbc-admits-to-bias/#comment-4636 BBC Acknowledges Bias « A Step At A Time Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:58:48 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1211#comment-4636 [...] reporting of events in the Middle East, particularly with regard to its coverage of Israel. Z-Word blog and Harry’s Place have extended [...] […] reporting of events in the Middle East, particularly with regard to its coverage of Israel. Z-Word blog and Harry’s Place have extended […]

]]> By: Paul Malin http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/bbc-admits-to-bias/#comment-4635 Paul Malin Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:48:33 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1211#comment-4635 Bowen laid out his thinking on the Israel/Palestinian conflict some years ago: "... Palestinian society, which used to draw strength from resistance to the occupation, is now fragmenting. The reason is the death of hope, caused by a cocktail of Israel's military activities, land expropriation and settlement building and the financial sanctions imposed on the Hamas led government which are destroying Palestinian institutions that were anyway flawed and fragile." http://www.stephenpollard.net/003098.html Israelis kill hope; Palestinians "resist" until driven to self-destruct by despair. If the BBC continued to employ him after he wrote that, in 2006, they're not going to sack him now without a lot more pressure than this ESC report. Bowen laid out his thinking on the Israel/Palestinian conflict some years ago:

“… Palestinian society, which used to draw strength from resistance to the occupation, is now fragmenting.

The reason is the death of hope, caused by a cocktail of Israel’s military activities, land expropriation and settlement building and the financial sanctions imposed on the Hamas led government which are destroying Palestinian institutions that were anyway flawed and fragile.”

http://www.stephenpollard.net/003098.html

Israelis kill hope; Palestinians “resist” until driven to self-destruct by despair. If the BBC continued to employ him after he wrote that, in 2006, they’re not going to sack him now without a lot more pressure than this ESC report.

]]> By: Petra http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/bbc-admits-to-bias/#comment-4634 Petra Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:48:07 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1211#comment-4634 "Impartiality lies at the heart of the BBC's commitment to its audiences." It will take me a while to really take in that they have this in their Editorial Guidelines...I was traveling in the summer of 2006, so I watched the Lebanon War on BBC... “Impartiality lies at the heart of the BBC’s commitment to its audiences.”
It will take me a while to really take in that they have this in their Editorial Guidelines…I was traveling in the summer of 2006, so I watched the Lebanon War on BBC…

]]> By: Bialik http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/bbc-admits-to-bias/#comment-4630 Bialik Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:20:54 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1211#comment-4630 So the larger the territory, the richer the country. Can an educated person really think that? So the larger the territory, the richer the country. Can an educated person really think that?

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