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British Watchdog's Report: BBC Coverage Less Than Impartial

Biased

Just Journalism is a British NGO that tracks inaccurate and irresponsible reporting about Israel in the British media. They've got a new report out and - shockingly - it turns out that the BBC hasn't been entirely objective [PDF] over the last few months:

The BBC has a well publicised commitment to impartiality in news reporting both in its broadcast and online output. An important aspect of impartiality is clarifying to the audience the nature of what they are being exposed to; for example, whether an online article is a news piece reporting facts or an opinion piece espousing opinion. Coverage of the recent confl ict has raised questions about how well the BBC upheld the editorial guideline stating that where controversial subjects are concerned, 'Opinion should be clearly distinguished from fact'.

And therein ensue 35 pages of meticulous bullet points demonstrating same. That makes sense since Hamas terrorizes BBC stringers in Gaza - a dynamic that the BBC covers it up:

Israeli media reports that Hamas took over the first floor of the building that the BBC offices in Gaza last night and fired rockets from there, trapping the journalists above. Despite the fact that their reporters have now escaped the building, the BBC has so far not said anything about this. When I was interviewed on the BBC last week, I commented on the pervasive intimidation of the MSM in Gaza, which is one of the reasons that there were none there when the hostilities broke out. I pointed out that the last journalist resident in Gaza, Alan Johnston, now the editor in chief, only survived because he was so openly pro-Palestinian, and even he got kidnapped and brutalized. "I'll cut that out to spare you a law suit, my interviewer said. You're impugning the integrity of a journalist, and without his credibility he can't practice his profession." I was at once struck by the combination of concern for reputation and shamelessness involved in such a "favor" to me. But here's the BBC, used as human shields by Hamas, and they won't let the public know.

And naturally, the BBC still isn't biased enough for vicious anti-Israel partisans.

References:
* Welcome to Just Journalism
* GAZA CONFLICT DECEMBER 2008 - JANUARY 2009: A MEDIA ANALYSIS [Just Journalism]
* BBC Silent about being Terrorized in Gaza: Discretion or Cowardice? [Augean Stables]
* The BBC's Gaza appeal debacle [Elder]

Previously:
* Wherein You're Asked To Evaluate A Very Weird BBC Interview
* Shocking BBC Expose! Anti-Israel 9/11 Truther Thinks Gaza Violence Is Israel's Fault
* BBC Reporter Upset At Marine For Underplaying Kinder, Gentler Side Of Taliban Lunatics Who Wanted To Skin British Soldiers Alive

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