Dear Nile Media, I believe that the reason Israel and Zionists have succeeded
in manipulating the news is in part due to the direct ownership of news
organizations but mainly due to the fact that they have been able to force
media organizations, columnists, journalists and editors to be specially
sensitive to their concerns. For too long we have shied away from criticizing
"prestigious" news organizations like BBC because we believed in their
judgement and fairness. The BBC coverage of Conference on Racism is a clear
indication that this news organization, if is any better than the likes of
CNN, it is only because its audiences are different than that of CNN, not
because it wants to do fair reporting. The behavior of BBC during this
conference is clearly bias. No Palestinian has been allowed to comment on why
they believe that Israel is a racist state, no Israeli official has been
asked direct questions whether they deny the accusations about their
discriminatory practices. On top of that, to allow a bigot like Benjamin
Nethanyahu who seems to be one of the architects of Israeli misinformation
industry, to come on TV and make a statement about the fact that Israel has
saved "blacks" from Africa rather than enslaving them without any comment or
explanation to the audience of the context of that statement, is in my view
nothing short of deliberate misinformation. In my opinion if you wish to
continue recommending BBC to your readers, it should be with caution and I
hope in the near future there would be enough alternative resources that BBC
and the likes of it could be completely dropped as legitimate sources of
information on this conflict.
Karim Goadri
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