Conflict
>> THURSDAY, MARCH 08, 2012
The Guardian/BBC symbiosis has produced a cuddly pledge from Hamas to the effect that they would not help Iran militarily in any conflict with Israel. The BBC’s Jon Donnison and Harriet Sherwood of the Graun have been speaking to Mahmoud Zahhar, a senior leader of Hamas. He has told them that Hamas are not, to coin a phrase, “ideologically wedded” to Iran. But according to FARS news agency and Haaretz, Mahmoud al-Zahar has “strongly rejected the BBC claim as unfounded and a lie.” “.........any Israel or US attack on Iranwill be reciprocated by Hamas's crushing response to the Zionists.” Someone’s gone wrong somewhere. H/T Bio and Elder of Ziyon
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>> WEDNESDAY, MARCH 07, 2012
Been away so just back home and time for one of these. As you may have seen from ASE's post below, we have a technical problem on the comments thread. If there is anyone out there with a technical bent, please drop me a line as we figure out how to fix things. In the meantime...please detail bias here.
Administrivia
The BBC Sides With Illegal Immigrants While Pretending Otherwise
Before I even get into this, I have to call attention to what appears to be the title for a series of reports: "Altered States". This is bias right up front, as it's a theme we keep hearing from the BBC and the Left-wing media in the US, that the US has somehow suddenly become more divided and vicious since 2008. I wonder why that is, BBC? Could it be that nothing has really changed except the occupant of the White House? Have we forgotten the constant outrage about Bush, and before him Clinton, and before him (skipping a Bush), Reagan, and before him....well, you get the idea. In short, this is a BS Narrative being pushed by the BBC, in the long run-up to November, just to reinforce the notion that opponents to the President have made things worse. Not Him, mind you. It's the fault of His enemies, those who want to tear Him down. Of course, that's really about racism, right? So, with that in mind, let's examine what's sure to be a story involving a racial angle. Illegal immigrants take taxis to avoid deportation Here's the blurb to this in the Top News Story featured links on the main news page:
BBC BEHIND THE TIMES..
>> TUESDAY, MARCH 06, 2012
'Vince Cable has called for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to be split up, in a letter leaked to the BBC.'
'This was published in full in the FT three weeks ago, so pray tell me how and why is this now 'news'. You'd expect it from the comerstose BBC but the DT really!'
DRUGS, SEX AND RACISM
'Just a few minutes of listening to mainstream rock music such as Bruce Springsteen and the White Stripes is enough to make white students focus on the interests of other whites at the expense of back people and latinos.'Wonder what happens when they listen to Rap? David Starkey has the answer to that one!
Revealed: The President Lied About Burying Bin Laden At Sea. BBC: ZZZZzzzzzzz
So the hacking of Stratfor's emails by Anonymous and published by WikiHacks has revealed that, contrary to what we were told, Osama Bin Laden's body was not buried at sea but was in fact flown to a military facility in the US for examination. I remember well when the BBC reported what they were told by the US, and nobody questioned it. Of course, we were told, they needed to get rid of the body as soon as possible lest it become a target for fanatics, and to deny his followers a shrine. As of his writing, silence from the BBC. I'm not ready to label this one "BBC Censorship" just yet, as I understand it takes time for BBC producers to figure out how to react to reality in cases like this. When they discussed Mohammedan burial practices after Ghaddafi's death, the BBC took great care to remind us that the US bent over backwards to follow the religion's customs with Bin Laden's body. We were reminded that his body was washed and wrapped in white linen before being tossed to the fishes. Mark Mardell wrote a blog post explaining how wise the President was for not making a big speech about the targeted assassination and instead flying up to Ground Zero for a highly publicized laying of a wreath. Laura Trevelyan's analysis made it appear triumphant:
Caricatured as a foreign policy wimp in the 2008 election campaign, Barack Obama is now a warrior president. Americans who gathered here feel their sense of national pride, which was so damaged by Bin Laden, has now been greatly restored. It took almost 10 years, but America kept her word.No sneering or rolling of the eyes when The Obamessiah has somebody killed and is feted with chants of "USA! USA!" No quotes from angry Muslims complaining about the illegality or threatening revenge.
OPEN THREAD...
>> MONDAY, MARCH 05, 2012
Monday and this is well overdue - a bit like taking the axe to the BBC License fee! Over to you...
HOMS REDUX
The BBC has been replete with reports on the situation in the Syrian town of Homs. However a Biased BBC reader suggests that we are not quite getting the full picture from the State Broadcaster; "You will be aware of the BBC reporting on the Syrian government attacks on Homs and the killing of innocent civilians, however there seems to be no mention of the "freedom fighters" who are forcing civilians to remain in the town to act as human shields (just like the failure to report the use of civilians as shields in Gaza) nor of the wave of kidnappings that Christians in the town are now subject to (presumably from the same islamist "freedom fighters) see the information of this reported by the Barnabus Fund (extract below): "The situation in the besieged city of Homs, Syria, is horrifying and becoming unbearable for Christians who are caught in the battleground. Many thousands are trapped in the city though others have managed to flee to the surrounding villages. Families are in desperate need of food and basics; prices have rocketed, supplies are running low, and it is often too dangerous to go out in search of food. More than 200 Christians have been killed, and the community has been beset by kidnappings. Two bombs were discovered in a church yard in Homs, although thankfully they did not explode. Christians were even blocked from leaving Homs by anti-government forces who were keeping them there as “human shields” in a bid to protect the areas they were controlling." Odd how the BBC seem to have missed this aspect, isn't it? What with all that world class journalism, you might have thought someone would have thought the above worthy of comment? No?
MOCK JESUS, NOT MOHAMMAD
Startling admission here by Mark Thompson;
"The head of the BBC, Mark Thompson, has admitted that the broadcaster would never mock Mohammed like it mocks Jesus. He justified the astonishing admission of religious bias by suggesting that mocking Mohammed might have the “emotional force” of “grotesque child pornography”. But Jesus is fair game because, he said, Christianity has broad shoulders and fewer ties to ethnicity.
Mr Thompson says the BBC would never have broadcast Jerry Springer The Opera – a controversial musical that mocked Jesus – if its target had been Mohammed. He made the remarks in an interview for a research project at the University of Oxford. Mr Thompson said: “The point is that for a Muslim, a depiction, particularly a comic or demeaning depiction, of the Prophet Mohammed might have the emotional force of a piece of grotesque child pornography.”This explains a lot. The point is that the State Broadcaster has one standard for how it deals with Christianity but another for how it deals with Islam. I suggest that it is not just the "emotional force" that concerns Thompson should the BBC offend Muslims as it does Christians but rather the "cutting edge" that the Religion of Peace offers to all who dare demean it.
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