Post by Teddy Bear on Nov 2, 2010 16:12:55 GMT
One of the easiest ways to see the priorities of the BBC, which then highlights their agenda, is to observe which articles feature on their main web-page for the given area; what has happened recently; and how long a particular article remains there.
Here is today's offering by the BBC for their Mid-East Web-page as fed to Yahoo.
Now this is the day after at least 52 people, mostly Catholics, were killed in a Baghdad church following a siege by Islamic terrorists. The only reference to it in any way appears in the story under the headline 'Iraq channel off air after raid', which itself gives no indication.
What does feature however is the story of a woman who stabbed an MP for his support of the Iraq War - MP stabbed in 'revenge for Iraq'. One has to wonder though what makes it headline news today when the incident happened back in May.
We know full well that anything that demonizes Israel will always hit the top spot, so guess what, a human rights group
has interviewed Palestinian prisoners in Israel, who were obviously arrested for offences against the State, and shock horror they all claimed to have been mistreated in some way or other while in captivity. Imagine that! All the claims have been dismissed by the Ministry of Justice in Israel, but for the BBC that holds no weight.
However, the fact that a soldier was imprisoned for being photographed holding a gun to a blindfolded Palestinian prisoner in an unrelated matter to above, immediately makes one of the top spots on the web-page. It hasn't yet occurred to the BBC that if the Israel justice system does punish those who humiliate or torture any prisoners in their charge, that their previous article doesn't quite have a ring of truth to it.
But the BBC won't let anything like logic or reason get in the way of their agenda.
Here is today's offering by the BBC for their Mid-East Web-page as fed to Yahoo.
Militants 'blow up Yemen pipeline' - 1 hour ago
Suspected al-Qaeda militants have blown up an oil pipeline in southern Yemen's Shabwa province, local officials say.
Israel accused of prisoner abuse - 2 hours ago
Israel's internal security service subjected Palestinians to abuse and torture while in custody, says a report by two Israeli rights groups.
Mail bomb plotters 'used dry run' - 4 hours ago
US intelligence officials tracked suspicious shipments in September that they now suspect were a dry run for last week's foiled parcel bomb plot.
Iraq channel off air after raid - 18 hours ago
The Iraqi TV station that said it was contacted by gunmen during Sunday's fatal church hostage drama is taken off air.
MP stabbed in 'revenge for Iraq' - 22 hours ago
A woman stabbed Labour MP Stephen Timms during a constituency surgery in revenge for his vote for the Iraq war, a court hears.
Israeli soldier jailed over photo - 1 day ago
An Israeli soldier is sentenced to five months in jail after photos emerged of him posing next to a Palestinian prisoner, media report.
Iran delays US hikers' spy trial - 20 hours ago
Iran has postponed the trial of three American hikers on charges of spying, the judiciary spokesman says.
Narrow Sunni win in Bahrain vote - 23 hours ago
Pro-government candidates win nine seats in Bahrain's run-off vote, holding the Shia opposition at 18 seats in the 40-member parliament.
Now this is the day after at least 52 people, mostly Catholics, were killed in a Baghdad church following a siege by Islamic terrorists. The only reference to it in any way appears in the story under the headline 'Iraq channel off air after raid', which itself gives no indication.
What does feature however is the story of a woman who stabbed an MP for his support of the Iraq War - MP stabbed in 'revenge for Iraq'. One has to wonder though what makes it headline news today when the incident happened back in May.
We know full well that anything that demonizes Israel will always hit the top spot, so guess what, a human rights group
has interviewed Palestinian prisoners in Israel, who were obviously arrested for offences against the State, and shock horror they all claimed to have been mistreated in some way or other while in captivity. Imagine that! All the claims have been dismissed by the Ministry of Justice in Israel, but for the BBC that holds no weight.However, the fact that a soldier was imprisoned for being photographed holding a gun to a blindfolded Palestinian prisoner in an unrelated matter to above, immediately makes one of the top spots on the web-page. It hasn't yet occurred to the BBC that if the Israel justice system does punish those who humiliate or torture any prisoners in their charge, that their previous article doesn't quite have a ring of truth to it.
But the BBC won't let anything like logic or reason get in the way of their agenda.