Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The BBC During the Gaza War: Biased Coverage of the Conflict

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Our latest analysis reveals more BBC anti-Israel bias.

Previous Charges of Bias

Last year, we released an in-depth report analyzing one year of the BBC's coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We found that the BBC has a consistent record of portraying Israeli actions in a negative light while increasing sympathy for the Palestinian point of view. Rather than respond to the criticisms in our report, the BBC chose to accuse us of bias:
HonestReporting has a particular view of the conflict and cannot be seen as an independent arbiter of our output.
That previous analysis examined the BBC's reporting, based not on subjective opinion, but on the very journalistic standards that the BBC claims to uphold. We presented hard facts but our work was summarily rejected by the BBC, which has failed to provide its own analysis as to why HonestReporting should be considered an unsuitable judge. Read more ...

Source: Honest Reporting
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Should Egypt Control Gaza?

 I am an Egyptian
No
Egypt should send peacekeeping troops into Gaza
Egypt should annex Gaza and the U.N. should foot the bill

 I am a Muslim (not Egyptian)
No
Egypt should send peacekeeping troops into Gaza
Egypt should annex Gaza and the U.N. should foot the bill

 I am an Israeli
No
Egypt should send peacekeeping troops into Gaza
Egypt should annex Gaza and the U.N. should foot the bill

 I am a Jew (not Israeli)
No
Egypt should send peacekeeping troops into Gaza
Egypt should annex Gaza and the U.N. should foot the bill

 I am neither a Muslim nor a Jew
No
Egypt should send peacekeeping troops into Gaza
Egypt should annex Gaza and the U.N. should foot the bill

  

If you chose "No," please consider providing your solution to Gaza crisis in the comments.