tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post3244938956110793354..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: There are other brandsCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-71266793838461394492014-08-03T17:48:30.254+01:002014-08-03T17:48:30.254+01:00Donnison did at least one report on the tunnels a ...Donnison did at least one report on the tunnels a couple of years ago. He knows all about them. Only he believes they are vital for the Gaza economy and to provide food and medicine to the heroic Palestinians living in the world's largest open prison. He admitted that the occasional stray sparkler came through as well, but he saw the tunnels were mainly humanitarian in intent. He's turned out to be one of the more dishonest Beeboids over there, and a lot of his bias is probably personal against all the harsh words he's received from Israel. He wears their criticism as a badge of honor.<br /><br />The thing is, Donnison clearly knew the extent of the network, and probably more than what Israeli intelligence knew. Not that he should have given succor to the Zionists by telling them, heaven forbid. But we know at least one journalist isn't as surprised by the extent of the tunnels as Israel seems to be. I eagerly await the moment a BBC journalists asks the UN - on air, or at least in front of others, not off the record, not dropping a quote from somewhere else into a news brief - how they allow rockets in Gaza schools, the use of all that humanitarian concrete for tunnels and not bomb shelters, and Hamas' use of UN facilities as weapons bases.<br /><br />I got a good laugh at the last line of the BBC article about Hammond you linked to. This "densely populated" meme is getting more and more popular for the anti-Israel crowd. All of Gaza is meant to be a safe zone now, it's so densely populated. The BBC is always eager to latch onto another way of tying Israel's hands and demonizing every action. If they had any human decency at all, they'd realize that supporters of Israel realize the same problem, and the carnage would be immensely worse if the IDF wasn't holding back because of it. Donnison and the BBC won't see that though, because their emotions make them take sides.<br /><br />My bet is that the BBC wouldn't dare make a big deal out of this because they're afraid of the complaints they'd get about appearing to side with Israel.David Preisernoreply@blogger.com