Post by Teddy Bear on Dec 4, 2012 18:37:52 GMT
I mentioned this story yesterday in passing about how the BBC showed this story on their Mid-East webpage:
However it transpires that while the BBC maintains in the article that 'details are unclear' as to what exactly happened, other media outlets have established that the Palestinian first rammed the security jeep with his own vehicle, injuring the occupants, then attacked 2 of them with the axe before being shot by the third.
Needless to say, the BBC have not updated their article to reflect the terrorist nature of this Palestinian attack. BBC Watch has more on this story, for which my comment is:
From today's offerings the headline showing on the BBC's Mid-East page we see:
Palestinian killed in West Bank
For most people not that concerned or interested in the goings on in the region, it is enough to further the notion that 'evil Israel has just killed another one of the poor Palestinians.
You'd have to open the article to read another headline, giving a bit more context -
Palestinian 'with axe' killed by Israeli forces in West Bank
An axe-wielding Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli security forces in the West Bank, Israeli officials say.
Not just that he was 'with axe', as though it's a crime to carry an axe, but one has to read further into the article to see that he was wielding it while approaching security personnel.
However it transpires that while the BBC maintains in the article that 'details are unclear' as to what exactly happened, other media outlets have established that the Palestinian first rammed the security jeep with his own vehicle, injuring the occupants, then attacked 2 of them with the axe before being shot by the third.
Needless to say, the BBC have not updated their article to reflect the terrorist nature of this Palestinian attack. BBC Watch has more on this story, for which my comment is:
I wonder what excuse the BBC would give for still maintaining that ‘details are unclear’ as to what happened, when other media outlets are able to report clearly that the man rammed the security jeep first with his own vehicle, before attacking them with an axe.
No doubt they would give some kind of mealy mouthed excuse that they believe makes them appear really concerned not to report anything that they couldn’t verify themselves. The only thing is that this in itself would show a clear bias, as they have no problem reporting unverified statistics, deaths, injuries, from Palestinian sources, when they are later found to be bogus.
BBC repeats use of loaded punctuation in reporting terror attacks on Israelis
An article dated December 3rd and appearing in the Middle East section of the BBC News website under the title “Palestinian killed in West Bank” carries the following headline: “Palestinian ‘with axe’ killed by Israeli forces in West Bank”.
The article relates to an incident which took place on December 3rd 2012 on Route 57 and claims that members of the Israeli Security Services were involved in a chase after a Palestinian man named Hatem Shadid.
No other news agency appears to be carrying that version of the story. Reuters described Shadid as having “rammed” the ISS vehicle.
The Huffington Post – using an AP item – quotes an eye witness:
Ynet states that:
The Jerusalem Post, quoting the Spokesman for the Israeli Police Force, describes the incident thus:
Another outstanding feature of this BBC article is the interesting use (yet again) of punctuation in the headline. Why exactly were those inverted commas inserted to surround the words ‘with axe’? The clear implication is that the BBC is not prepared to take reports that the man was wielding an axe as verified, thereby suggesting that perhaps this was not a terror attack.
So here, especially for the Editor of the BBC News website, is a picture of the axe used by Hatem Shabib. The image can be seen here at 08:59.
Will the unnecessary punctuation now be removed?
An article dated December 3rd and appearing in the Middle East section of the BBC News website under the title “Palestinian killed in West Bank” carries the following headline: “Palestinian ‘with axe’ killed by Israeli forces in West Bank”.
The article relates to an incident which took place on December 3rd 2012 on Route 57 and claims that members of the Israeli Security Services were involved in a chase after a Palestinian man named Hatem Shadid.
“Reports say the man had been driving a car between the settlements of Shavei Shomron and Einav, raising the suspicions of the security personnel.
They began chasing him and his car collided with their own vehicle, which then overturned. The man is then said to have come towards them with the axe.”
No other news agency appears to be carrying that version of the story. Reuters described Shadid as having “rammed” the ISS vehicle.
“The witnesses said that after the vehicles collided, Shadid approached the Israelis, who were already injured from the crash, hitting one in the head and the other in the shoulder with an object that he was carrying.
One of the Israelis then shot him dead, both sides said.”
The Huffington Post – using an AP item – quotes an eye witness:
“Palestinian truck driver Rafik Salem says the Palestinian car hit the jeep at high speed Monday before veering into an olive grove. He says an ax-wielding man emerged from the grove and attacked the Israelis.”
Ynet states that:
“The man’s car crashed head on into an army vehicle transporting a Shin Bet officer and other security personnel near the Palestinian village of Deir Sharaf in the West Bank. The jeep overturned upon impact, lightly injuring the passengers. The assailant then exited his car and stormed towards the troops with an ax while yelling “Allah Akbar,” managing to hurt two of the soldiers before being shot dead by the Shin Bet officer.”
The Jerusalem Post, quoting the Spokesman for the Israeli Police Force, describes the incident thus:
“The Shin Bet [Israeli Security Service] was carrying out security activity along the road when the Palestinian vehicle swerved from its lane and crashed head-on into them.
The Palestinian driver then lunged at the security personnel with an axe while shouting “Allahu Akbar.” He injured two Israelis in the attack. A Shin Bet officer shot and killed the attacker.”
Another outstanding feature of this BBC article is the interesting use (yet again) of punctuation in the headline. Why exactly were those inverted commas inserted to surround the words ‘with axe’? The clear implication is that the BBC is not prepared to take reports that the man was wielding an axe as verified, thereby suggesting that perhaps this was not a terror attack.
So here, especially for the Editor of the BBC News website, is a picture of the axe used by Hatem Shabib. The image can be seen here at 08:59.
Will the unnecessary punctuation now be removed?