Monday, August 22, 2011

BBC's Backward Reporting Style

Here's the BBC report:

Israel-Gaza violence causes international concern

About 100 rockets have been fired into Israel since Thursday, causing one death and dozens of injuries 


International concern is growing over a fresh wave of violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants.

Israel has carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip, while militants have been firing rockets into Israel.

The trigger was a series of attacks in Israel on Thursday when eight civilians died. Five Egyptian policemen were killed as Israel pursued the gunmen.  The Quartet of Middle East peace mediators - the UN, US, EU and Russia - has called for restraint.

This - "Israel has carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip, while militants have been firing rockets into Israel" is so misleading.  At the least it should have been

Reacting to Arab rocket firing, Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip.


Rather simple, really.

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1 comment:

Suzanne Pomeranz said...

Simple to you; simple to me. But the BBC has to spend time twisting the words all around to fit their anti-Israel agenda. To simply tell the truth wouldn't do that!