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The BBC just completed a third-party study on how impartial its coverage is of the Israeli/Palestinian Arab conflict.
There seems some disagreement as to what the conclusions are (the Times claimed the study concluded that BBC coverage favored Israel, which does not seem to be quite true.) There was one welcome recommendation that the BBC use the word "terrorism" when appropriate.
From reading the report itself, it is obvious that the authors tried very hard to ensure that the BBC's coverage was "balanced." In fact, that was one of the purposes of the report:
And much of the report details suggestions on how exactly to get balanced reporting out of an asymmetrical conflict.
The problem is that the premise is wrong.
(Read the rest here.)
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Green Energy
The problem with the BBC
The BBC just completed a third-party study on how impartial its coverage is of the Israeli/Palestinian Arab conflict.
There seems some disagreement as to what the conclusions are (the Times claimed the study concluded that BBC coverage favored Israel, which does not seem to be quite true.) There was one welcome recommendation that the BBC use the word "terrorism" when appropriate.
From reading the report itself, it is obvious that the authors tried very hard to ensure that the BBC's coverage was "balanced." In fact, that was one of the purposes of the report:
...[T]he BBC [is] committed, as our terms of reference make clear, to fairness, impartiality and balance. (While fairness and impartiality are legal requirements, balance is a concept adopted by the BBC in seeking to give effect to them.)
And much of the report details suggestions on how exactly to get balanced reporting out of an asymmetrical conflict.
The problem is that the premise is wrong.
(Read the rest here.)
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All from Politco: Clinton wants 'more balance' on airwavesEven though no member of Congress has scheduled hearings on the Fairness Doctrine, it remains on a hot topic on both liberal and conservative shows. Today, radio host Mario Solis Marich...
- Culturist Middle East Reporting
The news provides us with nightly death counts in the Gaza - Israeli conflict. Since the past is not news and Hamas’ rockets killed very few people, we only hear about Israelis killing Palestinians. And so the calls to end this humanitarian crisis...
- Bbc Chief: We Are Over-cautious In Reporting On Islam Out Of Fear Of Offending Muslims
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