MEMO TO LYSE DOUCET

MEMO TO LYSE DOUCET

>> TUESDAY, OCTOBER 04, 2011

A B-BBC reader writes;

"Lyse Doucet,

Here is a recent article by Patrick Seale, whom you chose to interview recently on the BBC as a supposed impartial expert on the Middle East. Seale is a notorious anti-Israel, antisemitic journalist with close ties to corrupt Arab regimes (such as Syria's Assad family).

In this particular article, Seale says that the US is making a terrible mistake in demonising Iran (whose leader of course has on many occasions advocated "wiping Israel off the map" and publicly denied the Holocaust, while secretly acquiring the nuclear weapons to perpetrate a 2nd Holocaust).

http://the-diplomat.com/2011/08/07/how-iran-defeated-obama

Here is Daniel Pipes', Wall Street Journal review of Patrick Seale's discredited biography of the infamous terrorist Abu Nidal, in which Seale in conspiratorial antisemitic fashion blames Israel and the Mossad for Nidal's reprehensible murders of Jews & Israelis:
http://www.danielpipes.org/881/abu-nidal-a-gun-for-hire

Lyse, hopefully you will never invite Patrick Seale back to the BBC to promote his sick, antisemitic views.
Perhaps in the future you could find someone more fair and balanced for an impartial analysis of the Middle East or at least present the opposing view from a (non-Leftist) Israeli.

OPEN THREAD

Time for a new Open Thread to detail your opinions of BBC bias. Off you go!

IRREPARABLE HARM?

I guess it is predictable that the usual vested self interests in the NHS would use today, the day when Health Minister Andrew Lansley addresses the Conservative Party conference, to try and undermine him. It is equally predictable that the BBC would row in behind this politically directed criticism! I listened to one of these NHS uber alles types being interviewed on Today and his assertion that competition was "doesn't work" was left unchallenged. It appears that the NHS, along with the BBC, is one of the unique models that magically provides the optimum service level to consumers without any need for vigorous competition or free markets. What a stroke of luck.

CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE

How do you think the BBC is doing in its coverage of the Conservative Party conference? We've had a few days of their "unique analysis" so thought I would put a specific thread to capture your feedback. From my perspective, it's the same as ever. Snide, seeking splits, trying to undermine and rewrite history.

AMANDA KNOX - LIBERTY FIGHTER?

Is it just me or has the BBC been indecently enthusiastic in its coverage of the news that Amanda "Foxy" Knox has been cleared of killing Meredith Kercher? I listened to John Humphrys on Today this morning (7.09am) and he was using her release to try and undermine the use of the death penalty in the States, a clear example of Humphrys pursuing his own agenda. The disinterest in the feelings of the Kercher family was also telling.