The BBC has figured out their Narrative on these leaked documents from the Israel/Palestinian peace process. Naturally, Israel gets the worst of it. But there is a moment of glaring hypocrisy. Jerusalem's troubled geography Right from the start, we see the direction it's headed. James Delingpole has a stunning post on this BBC Horizon programmewhich sets out - as usual - to rubbish those who oppose the AGW orthodoxy. There is nothing I can add to Dellers, other than to say that the BBC is sinking to ever-lower depths in its climate change lying. The story here is not that the BBC is cutting £34m from its web spending, axing 200 sites and "closing" 360 website posts. These may be minor, cosmetic steps in the right direction, but that's all. No, the real isue here is that the corporation will continue to spend the obscene sum of £130m+ a year on its web operations for a cacaphony of services that are simply not needed. The BBC weather web service, for example, is simply a platform for inaccurate forecasts and propaganda for climate change politics. More seriously, the BBC's websites have played a significant part in strangling both local journalism and major elements of web entrepreneurship in the UK. They are an integral part of the BBC's imperialism (which it so despises in others!). I know we have already covered Danny Cohen's pronouncement that BBC comedy is not "working class" enough, but I must say how I enjoyed this debate on the subject on Today this morning. James Delingpole is excellent and comedian Chris McGlade does not say what they think he is going to say. So the entire interview goes WRONG but in a good way. Listen to Justin squirm, it will set you up for the day. Another Monday morning and the BBC kicks with the usual narratives.Global hunger caused by massive population growth (aided and abetted by global warming, natch) was in the spotlight and occupied prime-time on Today. Professor Sir John Beddington - advisor to the Coalition - was on to tell us just how awful it all is. If one was cynical, it could be argued that this was a timely and well placed piece of propaganda for the Coalition's bizarre decision to ring fence the Foreign Aid budget. In all the discussion about hunger in Africa, not ONCE was the absence of democracy and property rights mentioned, suggesting that the Professor and his associates believe that tyrants, theocrats and thugs can provide food the people regardless. Breaking News. Al Jazeera and Alan Rusbridger-Assange of the UK’s leading liberal arm of the Goebbels Reich Ministry of propaganda have Wikileaked thousands of protocol documents, which appear to show that the Palestinians have offered to concede even more than absolutely everything to the swaggering intransigent illegal Israelis. The Guardian is quoted as saying ”This selfless Palestinian generosity demonstrates the weakness of their leadership and has nothing to do with making Israel appear intransigent, swaggering and illegitimate.” Loveable rogue and chief negotiator of what appears to be the Middle East ‘peace process,’ Saeb Erekat says: “It’s a pack of lies.” Warning: The above is facetious. Read a sensible analysis on CiFWatch. Peter Sissons' attack on the BBC continues in the Daily Mail today. Though there are no startling revelations - the disrespect he chronicles that is shown to the Royal Family, as evidenced by the handling of the death of the Queen Mother, has been evident for decades - what strikes me is the strength of his writing, and his dignity. This is emphatically not a man expressing bitterness (as the BBC are already claiming), but simple, professional, concerned regret that standards were not met. I look forward to the next installment tomorrow...on climate change. Early this morning Jon Donnison said something which I’ll paraphrase: “Israel has investigated its own conduct over the Mavi Marmara and it’s about to publish its findings. If, as reports suggest, it exonerates itself, it will be regarded as a whitewash.” All day, BBC News 24 has featured the news about this investigation, taking care to emphasise the Turkish reaction. Luckily for me, Elder of Ziyon has already tackled the BBC’s treatment of this topic, so I don’t have to. Although the investigating committee did include outsiders, I would point out that any ‘self-generated’ investigation automatically faces the issue of impartiality, and I’d love anyone to suggest any other body that would investigate this more thoroughly and more self-critically than the Israelis. As Elder says, one glance at the report itself shows that it is “far from a whitewash, and it takes its mandate seriously.” If the BBC is going to dismiss any investigation unless it’s done by pro Palestinian sympathisers, I despair. Update.The BBC has altered the original report, changing the sub headings and much of the content. The new version includes several quotations from the Turkish perspective, and an additional article with some overlapping content has appeared, entitled : Turkey criticises Israel report. From bad to worse. (I can’t find any reference to this story on NewsSniffer.)
BBC Hypocrisy: Context Edition
The release of thousands of leaked documents apparently showing Palestinian willingness to compromise over Israeli settlements once again highlights Jerusalem's troubled geography - and damages the credibility of both sides, writes the BBC's diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus.
Both sides look bad? I suppose that's why so many Palestinians have been complaining that Fatah is undermining their hopes and dreams, because the documents are equally damaging to Israel's credibility? Color me skeptical. But first, we get the usual BBC agenda-driven historical moment in a vacuum. As a main topic of the leaked documents concerns East Jerusalem, it's only right that the BBC sets the scene. We're told that Israel "captured" East Jerusalem in the Six Day War, but are provided zero context (remember that word for later) as to why they were in a position to do so. All we're told is: "For the Palestinians and many in the Arab world this was a disaster."Yes, it's Arabist Gospel that Israel was an unprovoked aggressor in that war, but the BBC needs to be dealing in facts, not fiction. Israel's move into East Jerusalem is presented in a vacuum, and the reader is left to assume whatever they like. Of course, in 1967, there was no such thing as Palestinians, outside of Arafat's little activist group. The people of East Jerusalem were Jordanians then. So the BBC creates a little alternate history. The propaganda is so deeply entrenched in their minds - and, most likely, in BBC editorial policy on the subject - that they write it as fact. But after being educated by the BBC, the average BBC audience member must find it very distasteful to learn that many Israelis viewed this "disaster" as a "miracle". I think we can see the Narrative taking shape. NEW DEPTHS
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“Standing in stark contrast to the Guardian’s Palestine Papers narrative – of Israeli intransigence and Palestinian weakness and humiliation – their own documents corroborate the widely reported Israeli offer, during the 2008 negotiations, which Mahmoud Abbas rejected: a contiguous Palestinian state representing roughly 94% of the West Bank with land swaps (part of Israel which would become part of the new Palestinian state) making up for the remaining 6%. The offer also included a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem.”
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