tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post3411012672137334890..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Jon Don goes down underCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-81433682417494477522013-08-12T21:51:31.809+01:002013-08-12T21:51:31.809+01:00Sue, I had a look at the thread and I'm also b...Sue, I had a look at the thread and I'm also baffled.TrueToonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-49372196999720228452013-08-12T11:03:12.387+01:002013-08-12T11:03:12.387+01:00True Too,
You might have missed this Biased-BBC t...True Too, <br />You might have missed <a href="http://biasedbbc.org/blog/2012/11/21/gormless-in-gaza/" rel="nofollow">this Biased-BBC thread</a> on November 2012. Two comments under the name ‘soothsayer’ were posted towards the end of the thread by Mr Berg.<br />I didn’t/don’t know what to make of them.<br /><br /><i>"Raffi Berg<br /> Middle East desk <br />BBC News website<br /> +44 203 614 xxxx "</i>suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693686958796849316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-57928766816783668072013-08-12T08:25:40.647+01:002013-08-12T08:25:40.647+01:00David Guy,
The BBC will distort any facts it can ...David Guy,<br /><br />The BBC will distort any facts it can to try to increase sympathy for the Palestinians and present the Israelis as brutes. Facts are unimportant to the propagandist. Innuendo is everything. TrueToonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-59442119776230008222013-08-12T08:17:31.881+01:002013-08-12T08:17:31.881+01:00sue:
....where’s the BBC’s M.E. correspondent tas...sue:<br /><br /><i>....where’s the BBC’s M.E. correspondent tasked with telling the Israeli version of events?</i><br /><br />A guy called Rafi Berg reported for the BBC during the 2006 war. Name sounds Israeli. His reports were reasonable and balanced. Dunno what happened to him. <br /><br />Certainly none of the motley crew purporting to report on the conflict would recognise genuine journalism if it hit them in the face.TrueToonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-8474241464559261522013-08-11T21:19:38.611+01:002013-08-11T21:19:38.611+01:00The population density stories about Gaza have bee...The population density stories about Gaza have been around for decades and the goalposts keep moving. Gaza is no denser than 100s of cities around the world (around that of Montreal if we have to compare). Even the <i>neighbourhoods with some of the highest population densities in the world.</i> is so dubious you wonder what the point of the statement is. One list I discovered has Jabaliya Refugee Cammp as 21st on the list of most densely populated country subdivisions (30,000+ inhabitants per km²) in the world with half the density of the leader. Hardly leading the pack.<br /><br />One is tempted to ask Mr. Donison even if there are some really dense neighbourhoods, so what?<br /><br />In more detail <a href="http://5mfi.com/population-games/" rel="nofollow">Population Games: Who wins the Density Prize</a>David Guyhttp://5mfi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-66036448756188529422013-08-11T17:09:34.449+01:002013-08-11T17:09:34.449+01:00Wasn’t Jon Donnison usually introduced as our &quo...Wasn’t Jon Donnison usually introduced as our "Middle East Correspondent”? <br />Only according to the link provided by <a href="www.daphneanson.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Jon%20Donnison" rel="nofollow">Daphne Anson</a> the <a href="www.mumbrella.com.au/bbc-news-replaces-australia-correspondent-161153" rel="nofollow">press release</a> says he’s been “the BBC’s Gaza and West Bank correspondent for the past three years.” <br /><br />So if the M.E. correspondent is really the Gaza and W.B. correspondent, i.e. there simply to relay the Palestinian narrative, or to “tell your story” as Alan Johnston pleaded to the thugs that took him hostage, where’s the BBC’s M.E. correspondent tasked with telling the Israeli version of events? It can’t be Jeremy Bowen, Bethany Bell or Yolande Knell shurely?suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693686958796849316noreply@blogger.com