In February I posted on BBC News’s attempt to associate neo-fascism and racism with the Right.In Belgians march to honour victims one can read the following:Thousands of people have joined an anti-racism march in Belgium following the killing of a woman of African origin and a two-year-old child.…The gunman had earlier shot and injured a woman of Turkish...
BBC creates news in order to cast negative light on Catholic reaction to film
The Roman Catholic prelature Opus Dei has written an open letter to Sony on the subject of the conversial Da Vinci Code film, a letter in which one can read the following:Some of the media have specifically written that Sony is considering the possibility of including at the start of the film a disclaimer making it clear that this is a work of fiction,...
BBC News attempts to pass Palestinian militant deaths off as civilian deaths
In 'Israel to step up Gaza shelling', one can read the following:She was the 16th Palestinian to die in Israeli air and artillery attacks on Gaza in the past four days.A sentence much like the following (from memory) was removed from the article:Israel says it will step up Gaza shelling despite the deaths of 16 Palestinians in the past four days.The...
BBC News endorsement of illegal immigrants rights protestors
Matt Frei’s diary on the subject was bad enough.In Immigrants find strength in numbers, one can read the following endorsement of illegal immigrants rights protestors:Anywhere else and you might have expected to see vast numbers of police.[Image of protestors in Los Angeles, the caption of which is: “The protesters' slogans are inclusive and non-confrontational”]But...
BBC News refers to Hamas retaliation threats without mentioning Hamas
In Israeli shells 'kill Palestinian', one can read the following:Israel's Haaretz newspaper reports that the country's security forces have gone on alert, after militant threats to retaliate for the deaths.Which militants are threatening to retaliate for the deaths? None other than Hamas, the group leading the Palestinian Authori...
BBC News bias in reports on IDF killing of Palestinian terrorists
In Israeli missile kills two in Gaza, one can read the following:An Israeli missile has struck a car in Gaza City, killing at least two of its occupants and wounding two others, Palestinian officials say.In the lead paragraph, there is no indication that those killed are militants.The attack reportedly killed militants from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.Ynetnews...
Archive of BBC-related news
This is the archive of BBC-related news, which can be read in the sidebar, where items will be displayed for a week before being moved to this page in reverse chronological order.April 2006 24/04/06: 47% against BBC subsidising switch to digital 23/04/06: Thousands Protest Brussels MP3 Murder. BBC Omits Facts 23/04/06: Viewers...
BBC News omits race hate aspect of murder of White
In Man charged over stabbing murder, one can read the following:A man has been charged with the murder of a keen photographer on South Tyneside.…On Saturday, Northumbria Police charged Scott Trevor Nicholls, 20, of Borough Road, South Shields, with murder.Mr Nicholls will appear at South Tyneside Magistrates Court on Monday.Shortly after the killing...
BBC News omits Arla Foods apology in lifting of boycott
In Cartoon row author rewrites Koran, one can read the following:These developments come as a cartoon-related boycott of Danish-Swedish dairy giant Arla in the Middle East appears to be drawing to an end.The company hopes to win back half of its market share by the end of the year, after religious leaders called for the boycott to be lifted.Religious...
BBC accused of medical quackery
The BBC has been accused of medical quackery by scientists for series focusing on alternative medicine, The Sunday Times reports in Science accuses BBC of medical quackery, from which the following excerpts are taken:SOME of Britain’s leading scientists have accused the BBC of “quackery” by misleading viewers in an attempt to exaggerate the power of...
BBC News editorial guideline change in references to Muhammad?
In Free speech protest to be staged, one can read the following:The protest has been organised in response to the uproar over cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, which appeared in some European newspapers.The Islamic prophet Muhammad is referred to as just that, “the Islamic prophet Muhammad” — a welcome change from “the Prophet Muhammad” or...
BBC News considers al-Qaeda a ‘militant network’
In Palestinians 'in al-Qaeda plot', one can read the following:It is the first time Israel has formally charged Palestinians with membership of the militant network.The substitution of “terrorist group” for “militant network” is bad enough, but not referring to the group as an Islamist one is worse still (for al-Qaeda’s ultimate goal is to re-establish...
BBC News omits religion of Muslim terror suspects (updated)
In Seven 'planned terror campaign', one can read the following:Seven British citizens had acquired "most of the necessary components" to launch a bombing campaign in the UK, the Old Bailey has heard.…The bomb, or bombs, would have been used "at the very least to destroy strategic plant within the United Kingdom, or more realistically to kill and injure...
The BBC ‘signed huge agreement with Iran’s mullahs’
Many thanks to the anonymous reader who found the story Iran's mullahs signed a huge agreement with BBC, in which one can read the following:Iran will soon present its tourist attractions in a publicity campaign to be waged in the international and local television networks, said an official of Iran Cultural Heritage and Tourism Foundation (ICHTF)...
BBC News’s John Simpson blind to pluses of Iraq invasion
On the BBC News front page, the article Iraq invasion: For better or worse? is linked to with the following short description:John Simpson on the pluses and minuses of the Iraq invasionJohn Simpson reporting on the pluses as well as the minuses of the Iraq invasion? It must be too good to be true! It is.Let’s see the pluses...
BBC News spreads falsehood on French riot-causing contract
In Riots erupt after French protests, one can read the following.Protesters are bitterly opposed to the new law, which allows employers to end job contracts for under-26s at any time during a two-year trial period without having to offer an explanation or give prior warning.In the case of the contract ending during the first month, there is no prior...
BBC News bias towards pro-abortion campaigners
In Abortion battle lines drawn in Mississippi, BBC News captions a photograph of anti-abortion protests as follows.Pro-choice and anti-abortion campaigners at a demonstration in South Dakota where most abortions have been bannedThe BBC refers to pro-abortion activists as they refer to themselves, that is, “pro-choice”, a loaded term implying the negative...
BBC News quotes Iran press omitting state control
BBC News features an aggregation of the Iranian press’s reaction to the IAEA decision to reports concerns about Iran to the UN Security Council. Among the newspapers quoted are Jomhuri-ye-Eslami, considered a mouthpiece of the fundamentalist Islamic Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, al-Vefagh, produced by the official news agency of Iran,...
BBC News doesn’t report French left-wing students’ violence
In Labour law to stay, says Villepin, one can read the following.The unrest reached a climax when riot police used force to evacuate students from Sorbonne university on Saturday.…Students launched protests in dozens of universities last week, culminating in a three-day sit-in at Paris's Sorbonne.It ended when police stormed in in the early hours of...
The BBC considers Mao a ‘hero’
In China mulls Mao banknote change, one can read the following lead paragraph.China may remove Mao Zedong's image from its mixed range of banknotes to make room for other heroes, according to the state media.Mao Zedong is to be considered among “heroes”? Is that the same Mao Zedong whose government policy caused the death of several tens of millions...
Iraq not ‘a mess’ because minister says so
BBC News has published the story Minister admits Iraq is 'a mess', of which even the title reeks of bias: the use of the term admits implies that Iraq is “a mess”, that this is fact and not Kim Howells’s opinion. The BBC should have worded the title as has Scotsman.com: Iraq a mess, says minister Howells. The latter title in no way implies that...
BBC quotes PA statistic without attribution
In the BBC News article World Bank aid for Palestinians, one can read the following.As many as one in four Palestinians depend on wages from the Palestinian Authority.Where did the BBC obtain that figure? From an employee of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, who depends on wages from the Palestinian Authority; the government itself...
BBC blind to reasons for which Europeans alienate Muslims
BBC News has published an article entitled Europe's angry young Muslims, in which one can read the following.Europe is home to a new generation of alienated young Muslims whose anger may turn to radicalism, the BBC's Islamic affairs analyst Roger Hardy finds in new three-part series.…Voices of alienation…Is a new angry, alienated generation of...
BBC News stealth-edit
The article Israel 'to make more withdrawals' has been stealth-edited (that is, modified without an updated timestam...
BBC News attempt to associate neo-fascism and racism with the Right
In Nazi deportees speak to Di Canio, one can read the following.The BBC's Christian Fraser, in Rome, says Di Canio has become the darling of the neo-fascist right.The use of the term “neo-fascist right” is an unsubtle attempt to stigmatise the Right, given that neo-fascism is undeniably a far right movement.In the same article, the below paragraph...
BBC News omits radical aspect of imams’ “moderate” roadshow
BBC News reports on the “imams’ roadshow” in London, a tour of “moderate” influential Islamic scholars giving their views on the Qur’an’s teachings to supposedly steer Muslims away from extremism, in Imams hit road to beat extremism. Not once, though, does the BBC refer to the radical leanings of speakers at the event, some of whom have alarming...
BBC News reports Hamas’s truce, disregards Israel’s
In BBC News reports on Hamas (such as Victorious Hamas must tread carefully, Hamas urges EU not to end funding and Hamas 'ready to talk to Israel'), one can often read the following.Hamas has largely observed a truce in its fight with Israel for the past year.The following excerpts are taken from the Israel Ministry...
BBC double standards alive and well
In Italy judge throws out Jesus case, one can read the following.An atheist who sued a small-town priest for saying that Jesus Christ existed has had his case thrown out of court.…But Mr Cascioli said his opponent would have a hard time trying to demonstrate that he had committed slander since this would mean proving that Jesus Christ existed.Follow...
BBC News admits to falling for fake Muhammad cartoon
In A clash of rights and responsibilities, by the BBC News website World Affairs correspondent Paul Reynolds, one can read the following.Twelve cartoons were originally published by Jyllands-Posten. None showed the Prophet with the face of a pig. Yet such a portrayal has circulated in the Middle East (The BBC was caught out and for a time showed...
BBC News misleading on status of Hamas
In Israel to pay frozen tax revenues, one can read the following.Israel suspended the funds because it regards Hamas as a terrorist group committed to the destruction of Israel.The above statement is somewhat misleading, in that it makes it sound as though only Israel considers Hamas a terrorist group committed to the country’s destruction. In...
BBC News blind to Iran’s violation of human rights
Why is it that BBC News seemingly refuses to report on Iran’s violation of human rights?The story of the teenage rape victim sentenced to death by hanging for having killed one of the three men who had tried to rape both her and her niece was nowhere to be seen on the BBC News website, an omission which BBC’s NewsWatch tries to excuse by saying that...
BBC News readers’ opinion on Muhammad cartoons misrepresented
In Anger grows over Muhammad cartoon and Danish plea for calm on cartoons, BBC News selects the two following quotes from readers’ opinions expressed in Have Your Say: Should 'anti-Islam' cartoons have been published?. We fought for freedom of religion...France Soir's owner should be ashamed ...
