I wonder if the BBC will return to Duggan’s mother and ask her if she still thinks her son was ‘assassinated’ or ‘executed’? The BBC were quite happy to allow her to say such things repeatedly on numerous interviews unchallenged. When you consider that the shooting of Duggan sparked off mass rioting in which people died, lives wrecked and numerous buildings destroyed by arson you’d think the BBC would be …
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Mark Mardell reports that Mitt Romney’s comments about the Palestinians and the peace process are gaffes of a catastrophic scale. ‘A new secret video clip has emerged of remarks by Republican candidate Mitt Romney, saying the Palestinians are committed to Israel’s destruction. Mr Romney is shown saying that Palestinians are “committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel”. “The Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace,” he says, …
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Monday was the one year anniversary of the beginning of the Occupy Wall St. movement. It was on this day last year that the first activists camped out in Zuccotti Park in New York City, and the media love-fest began. No broadcast organization supported and lauded the Occupiers more than the BBC. So, while I actually expected a little more noise about it from them, the special video reports make …
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