Tag Archives: BBC

A win and a loss in media bias cases

Posted on 16 February 2012 by

A great morale-boost was granted to Israel yesterday when a French court acquitted an Israeli doctor of slandering a Palestinian in the Mohammed al-Dura case. For those who do not remember, Mohammed al-Dura became one of the abiding icons of … Continue reading →

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Once again “Israel hit back first”, or Israel struck for no reason

Posted on 30 October 2011 by

UPDATED (several times) at the end of this post. As I remarked in yesterday’s post about the renewed missile fire into Israel’s south, I wanted to make a point about the timeline of events in case the international media reversed … Continue reading →

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“Israel hit back first” in same old media bias

Posted on 21 August 2011 by

I was going to entitle this post “the international media make me sick”, but I decided to be a bit more specific. You can take the opening sentence as a sub-heading. Since Thursday’s multiple terrorist attacks near Eilat which killed … Continue reading →

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Journalists barred by Libyan rebels vs. journalists barred by IDF: another case study in hypocrisy

Posted on 23 June 2011 by

Reading a report in today’s Guardian, that Libyan rebels in Misrata are starting to take a tough line on foreign reporters, citing security needs and fears of spies from Ghaddafi, one could be forgiven for being taken aback at the … Continue reading →

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So much for the cancelled border protests

Posted on 5 June 2011 by

Events overtook me today while I was at work, and my post of this morning is already out of date.   Four Syrians were killed at the Israel-Syria border fence (or three, or six, depending on which report you read), … Continue reading →

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BBC stands accused of being … too pro-Israel!

Posted on 23 May 2011 by

This post has been cross-posted at CiFWatch. This morning, as is my wont, I had a look-through the Guardian to see what new anti-Israel diatribes they had come up with overnight.  Never fear, there were plenty of articles. Check with … Continue reading →

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