Inversion Of Reality The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’? By Media Lens 12 November [Media Lens is a UK-based media watchdog. Run by writers David Cromwell and David Edwards, it is our response to the increasingly centralised, corporate, state-subservient nature of the mislabelled ‘mainstream’ media system.] This follows on from a previous piece on the supposed … Continue reading Inversion Of Reality The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’?
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BBC on Gaza-Israel: One Story, Double Standards
LA comment: reading press headlines over the years, you could be forgiven for thinking the BBC ‘has a problem with Israel’ and is biased in favour of Palestinians. Nothing could be further from the truth, as this report shows. CfMM’s new report concludes that the BBC is systematically biased against Palestinians in Gaza war coverage. Analysis … Continue reading BBC on Gaza-Israel: One Story, Double Standards
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Surveillance and interference: Israel’s covert war on the ICC exposed (Yuval Abraham & Meron Rapoport, 28 May 2024) German foreign minister says she saw non-existent 7 Oct. rape video (Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, 27 May 2024) Can Palestinians imagine a future with Israelis after this war? (Mahmoud Mushtaha, +972, 27 May 2024) Doctor, teacher and children … Continue reading Palestine Links
Complaint to BBC about an item on Newsnight (6 March 2023)
By David Morrison In the item on the origins of Covid-19, Kirsty Wark said: "We still have no clear idea about the origins of Covid-19 despite the fact that it killed many millions around the world. On Thursday's program, we examined the two main theories: that it jumped from animals to humans via the wet market … Continue reading Complaint to BBC about an item on Newsnight (6 March 2023)
No leak from Wuhan Institute of Virology, says BBC
On 1 March 2023, the BBC reported [1] that the head of FBI, Christopher Wray, had said in a Fox News interview: "The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the coronavirus pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident". The lab in question is the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a Chinese … Continue reading No leak from Wuhan Institute of Virology, says BBC
Vladimir Putin’s reply to the BBC’s question on Russian “unpredictability”
Press conference following Russia-US talks, Geneva, 16 June 2021 Question from BBC News (Steve Rosenberg): Mr President, Joe Biden is calling for stable and predictable relations with Russia. But it is believed in the West that unpredictability is a feature of the Russian foreign policy. Are you ready to give up unpredictability for the sake of improving relations with the West? Vladimir Putin: You are a famous wordsmith who has … Continue reading Vladimir Putin’s reply to the BBC’s question on Russian “unpredictability”
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