Obscene journalism and more regurgitation of Israel’s narrative by ‘UK’ state broadcaster as smear campaign continues
The BBC asked last night, in a segment on Israel’s murder of Gaza journalist Anas al-Sharif and four colleagues, whether it was ‘proportional’ for Israel for Israel “to kill five journalists when you were only targeting one” – as if targeting one journalist is ok, but killing a few more is questionable:
In fact, six journalists were murdered in the strike – Mohammed al-Khaldi, a freelance journalist, was murdered in the same strike as the five members of the al Jazeera team. The report ignored Israel’s murder of more than three hundred and fifty journalists in the past twenty-two months, more than in all the wars of the past century – and ignored the fact that Israel routinely murders the families of journalists, medics and others along with their targets. Or, for that matter, that in many Israeli attacks all the victims are civilians, in many cases all children.
The BBC then continued with its regurgitation of Israeli smears against its primary target in the latest murder of journalists, Anas al-Sharif, with only a token hint of doubt that Israel – proven constantly to have lied about its victims and to have faked ‘evidence’ to smear al-Sharif – might not be telling the truth about this one:
As writer Saul Staniforth noted, “The IDF assassinated him. Now the BBC assassinates his character.”
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Sill pro-Israel, even when it criticises them.
Even when it’s trying to be ‘fair’ +/or ‘impartial’, the MSM can’t quite stop being the deep state’s (paid-for) mouthpiece.
So much unpacking to be done on behalf of our woeful Corporation. Presumably, the BBC is thus implying that one would have been okay, nothing to worry about. And that’s assuming that the lobby journo is more than happy to go along with Israel’s smearing of Anas al-Sharif in the first instance. BBC, shaming and embarrassing the nation at one and the same time. Anas al-Sharif, a more noble journalist than the entire Corporation! His and his colleagues’ bravery and their consequent journalism leaves a gaping hole in the Middle East.