Michael Shuval, "BBC News producer in Israel and the West Bank", tweeted the following last night:
Netanyahu must choose: Stable right wing coalition w no intl legitimacy or unstable moderate gov that could prevent further isolation.
— Michael Shuval (@MichaelShuval) March 17, 2015
That struck me as somewhat dubious, impartiality-wise. And others agreed:
@MichaelShuval @YishaiFleisher Who decides what's legitimate? You mean popular with foreign govts Unpopular overseas does not = illegitimate
— Dov (@Dov67) March 17, 2015
@MichaelShuval Interesting "neutrality" being shown by @BBCArabic @UKMediaWatch
— Tim Simmons (@timsimmons_1) March 17, 2015
@MichaelShuval hilarious how the BBC is in denial that the right wing bloc has won, so now you want to scare Israel into a role for the left
— Dada (@gabsdada) March 17, 2015
@MichaelShuval @benjihyer I don't think any gvt formed in a liberal democracy, especially one with PR, lacks international legitimacy
— Poseidon (@JGodsi) March 17, 2015
@MichaelShuval I voted against Bibi & wanted Centre-Left gov. However a Right coalition IS legitimate. Typical BBC bias.
— Simonjg1971 (@simonjg1971) March 18, 2015
"Views mine. Retweets not endorsements" Totally in the clear then. Nothing stupid at all. Just hope he doesn't fail to produce a steak on demand, though. Could get ugly.
ReplyDeleteIs Shuval another useful Jew for the BBC in Israel? Like we were talking about in the other thread, democracy means different things to different people. As usual with Beeboids, it means "getting what they want". When they don't get what they want, they don't think it's democracy, and is therefor illegitimate. This fool can't even imagine that anyone outside the group of Israelis he's demonizing wouldn't agree with him. A clear display of the kind of sick and twisted mentality which makes the allegedly impartial news decisions at the BBC.
ReplyDeleteHis Twitter feed is full of this sort of stuff. Impartial it ain't.
DeleteI've never seen any of his reporting though, so whether it carries over (or not) the heavy bias of his twitterings can only be guessed. But I'm guessing 'yes'.