20 Aug 06
Originally posted by dottewellIt's a laughable premise that anyone would be responding to criticism
Which bit, if any, are you claiming is factually incorrect?
claiming that the BBC's coverage of the Lebanon conflict has been (too)
pro-Israeli. I've never seen anything on BBC that's pro-Israeli.
ivanhoe's link address's the substance of this thread, as the
MediaGuardian.co.uk piece speaks of particular criticism levelled
at BBC correspondent Orla Guerin.
20 Aug 06
Originally posted by xsNo, it doesn't. I wasn't interested in the Orla Guerin issue, since that has been addressed elsewhere. That's why I didn't include it.
ivanhoe's link address's the substance of this thread, as the
MediaGuardian.co.uk piece speaks of particular criticism levelled
at BBC correspondent Orla Guerin.
Now is there anything factually incorrect in what the BBC is claiming here, or not?
20 Aug 06
Originally posted by xsBut if you don't attack them, how are you ever going to get them to say the things you want them to say,
It's a laughable premise that anyone would be responding to criticism
claiming that the BBC's coverage of the Lebanon conflict has been (too)
pro-Israeli. I've never seen anything on BBC that's pro-Israeli.
20 Aug 06
Originally posted by xsWell the Israeli spokesman seems to be permantently on my radio. We must not let Hisbollah re-arm. I'm sitting there thinking well thats ok. Perhaps we shouldn't let you guys re-arm either.
[b]It's a laughable premise that anyone would be responding to criticism
claiming that the BBC's coverage of the Lebanon conflict has been (too)
pro-Israeli. I've never seen anything on BBC that's pro-Israeli.
21 Aug 06
Originally posted by dottewellDottewell: "No, it doesn't. I wasn't interested in the Orla Guerin issue, since that has been addressed elsewhere .... "
No, it doesn't. I wasn't interested in the Orla Guerin issue, since that has been addressed elsewhere. That's why I didn't include it.
Now is there anything factually incorrect in what the BBC is claiming here, or not?
ROTFLMSO 😀 😲 😀
21 Aug 06
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The BBC's Jim Muir on reporting restrictions in Lebanon:
“There have basically been no restrictions on reporting as such - there’s been no pressure in any direction with regard to anything we actually say, indeed very little interaction of any sort. There was however an issue at the beginning of the conflict over the live broadcast of pictures of rockets going out from locations visible from our live camera position. We were visited by Hezbollah representatives and told that by showing the exact location of firing we were endangering civilian lives, and that our equipment would be confiscated.”
So Hezbollah admitted to the BBC that they were firing from civilian areas. Did Muir or any other BBC journalist report this?