tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post689399941977869725..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Jeremy Bowen's "infantile sensibility"Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-53649437850865585542014-07-16T12:45:34.659+01:002014-07-16T12:45:34.659+01:00Lyse Doucet passes on a clip of the word ‘on the s...Lyse Doucet passes on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28308469" rel="nofollow">a clip of the word ‘on the street’ </a>in Jabaliya refugee camp. She asks people what they think are the chances of a ceasefire. (Hudna) A pleasant looking stall-holder (veg) opines. The translator translates.<br /> <br />“No, it won’t work because we want our conditions to be imposed on the Israelis. Not them imposing their conditions on us. We are the ones that want conditions on ceasefire. We want the borders to be opened, we want the release of the prisoners they’ve been arresting for years because this situation is not working.” <br /><br />An elderly grampa says: “Where is the ceasefire? They are already bombing us. I am 77 years old and I have never witnessed anything like this. (..) Tanks and warplanes. Palestinians and Arabs don’t have such tanks and warplanes. We have a poor people who have no ....(?)”<br />A black-clad lady issues these defiant words of wisdom: “A ceasefire doesn’t come without a price. We can’t keep sacrificing our children, our women, our elderly. We want to be lions and stand firm. Not our blood to be spilt in vain, we will keep resisting until the last boy in Palestine.”<br /><br />To be fair Lyse Doucet did say this morning that neither Hamas nor Israel were included in the ceasefire negotiations. She said they both heard of them via the press. Other reporters only defend Hamas’s rejection of the ceasefire proposal by repeating Hamas’s complaint that they weren’t consulted. <br />However she went on to recount Hamas’s conditions for accepting a ceasefire along the lines in the above clip (unchallenged) and her tone of voice hinted that she thought they were justified.suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693686958796849316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-82578699630687149562014-07-16T10:14:01.440+01:002014-07-16T10:14:01.440+01:00I've tweeted Jon Donnison asking him to read a...I've tweeted Jon Donnison asking him to read and re-tweet the 'Spiked' article Sue writes about above. Bowen should join him in Sydney, pronto.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-58239473448165190892014-07-16T08:11:43.603+01:002014-07-16T08:11:43.603+01:00I criticised Jeremy al-Bowen's coverage of the...I criticised Jeremy al-Bowen's coverage of the Israeli Palestinian conflict, so he blocked me on Twitter, It woukd seem that al-Bowen doesn't like criticism. Lyse Doucet, however, seems more prepared to enter into <a href="http://notasheepmaybeagoat.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/lyse-doucet-update.html" rel="nofollow">debate</a> but I wonder for how long as she realises that I am a persistant Goat and will get to the truth.Not a sheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123293202225008273noreply@blogger.com