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...
