Comments on: The BBC is taking sides by not showing humanitarian appeal http://www.thecommentfactory.com/the-bbc-is-taking-sides-by-not-showing-humanitarian-appeal-1602/ Join And Start Writing Today! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:44:42 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Muntasir http://www.thecommentfactory.com/the-bbc-is-taking-sides-by-not-showing-humanitarian-appeal-1602/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Muntasir Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:03:12 +0000 http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=1602#comment-1176 Mark Thompson's wife Jane Blumberg is a Zionist. They're on quite good terms with Ariel Sharon. Hmmm......and to think I doubted his non-sense about "impartiality" Mark Thompson's wife Jane Blumberg is a Zionist. They're on quite good terms with Ariel Sharon.

Hmmm……and to think I doubted his non-sense about "impartiality"

]]> By: valiamourtzan http://www.thecommentfactory.com/the-bbc-is-taking-sides-by-not-showing-humanitarian-appeal-1602/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 valiamourtzan Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:01:38 +0000 http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=1602#comment-1070 I think that I have never heard a more absurd declaration than the one of BBC ! !!! I would give BBC So, opoints for originality in propaganda !!! Would then the media be happy to make an appeal for Gaza if it also made an appeal for humanitarian aid towards Israel as well let the people decide which side to support ? And I thought that only Greek media was feeding us with rubbish........ I think that I have never heard a more absurd declaration than the one of BBC ! !!! I would give BBC So, opoints for originality in propaganda !!! Would then the media be happy to make an appeal for Gaza if it also made an appeal for humanitarian aid towards Israel as well let the people decide which side to support ?
And I thought that only Greek media was feeding us with rubbish……..

]]> By: Tom Fry http://www.thecommentfactory.com/the-bbc-is-taking-sides-by-not-showing-humanitarian-appeal-1602/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 Tom Fry Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:05:50 +0000 http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=1602#comment-1057 The Beeb - apparently public service oriented, politically neutral and operationally impartial organisation. The DEC - public service oriented, politically neutral and operationally impartial organisation. And yet this disgraceful and tragic turn of events. Has the BBC just got the jitters over the whole Brand-Ross affair? Even the government has spoken out against this decision, and yet our public broadcaster remain obstinate. The fact is that Mark Thompson had to make a tough choice, one that would really demonstrate quite how committed the BBC is to it's declared 'impartiality'. Humanitarian organisations which take a principled stance on impartiality and neutrality, like the DEC and the Red Cross, have to make these decisions every day. Given the same test the BBC, unlike the DEC, has utterly failed. The Beeb – apparently public service oriented, politically neutral and operationally impartial organisation.

The DEC – public service oriented, politically neutral and operationally impartial organisation.

And yet this disgraceful and tragic turn of events. Has the BBC just got the jitters over the whole Brand-Ross affair? Even the government has spoken out against this decision, and yet our public broadcaster remain obstinate. The fact is that Mark Thompson had to make a tough choice, one that would really demonstrate quite how committed the BBC is to it's declared 'impartiality'. Humanitarian organisations which take a principled stance on impartiality and neutrality, like the DEC and the Red Cross, have to make these decisions every day. Given the same test the BBC, unlike the DEC, has utterly failed.

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