Post by Teddy Bear on Jan 30, 2015 20:17:11 GMT
Here's a screenshot of the current BBC Mid-East webpage. Note the main article I've highlighted
If like me when you see the headline Sisi cuts short visit over Sinai, you would have to wonder what on earth does it mean. Sounds like Sisi was flying, or planning to fly, over Sinai for a short visit but for whatever reason he decided not to or cut it short.
Only when reading the sentence on the side can we see that
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi cuts short a visit to an African Union summit to deal with attacks that killed at least 32 in the Sinai peninsula.
If you click the link you will then be taken to the webpage where the headline is marginally better Egypt's Sisi cuts short visit over Sinai attacks
Alarm bells ring for me since clearly the main news is that at least 32 people have been killed in Sinai, not that the Egyptian president cut short a visit to the African Union.
We can read that:
Only 'militants' for the BBC despite their allegiance to Islamic State. We are also told further down the article that 2 children were killed in these attacks, something that if it was Israel that was retaliating against Palestinians would have been in the headline itself.
So it's clear to see that the BBC are doing their best to play down the actions of these terrorists.
Considering this attack happened today I also have to wonder where are there any BBC articles that actually report on this incident in its headline, and not as an aside.
I can see in the 'related article' section of the above story it shows: Egyptian media outrage over Sinai, which again simply covers up the actual incident.
Only when one goes to this article can we see another related story Deadly attacks hit Egypt's Sinai, which the BBC have been very quick to remove from its Mid-East webpage, and are minimising its existence as much as possible.
Another thing that struck me as odd in the BBC report, they state:As part of its security crackdown in Sinai, Egypt has been creating a 1km (0.6-mile) buffer zone along the border with Gaza in a bid to stop militants smuggling weapons through tunnels from the Palestinian territory.
Now where would Gazan weapons have come from in order to provide them to their mates in Sinai?
Any weapons in Gaza can only have got there by being smuggled from Egypt, not the other way round. The BBC doesn't want to let the reader know that these terrorists are assisting Hamas, and Sisi is working with Israel and doing his best to end terrorism in the region. Let's remember that Sisi was the first Arab leader to refer to Hamas as a terrorist group, but don't expect the BBC to remind you of that.
If like me when you see the headline Sisi cuts short visit over Sinai, you would have to wonder what on earth does it mean. Sounds like Sisi was flying, or planning to fly, over Sinai for a short visit but for whatever reason he decided not to or cut it short.
Only when reading the sentence on the side can we see that
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi cuts short a visit to an African Union summit to deal with attacks that killed at least 32 in the Sinai peninsula.
If you click the link you will then be taken to the webpage where the headline is marginally better Egypt's Sisi cuts short visit over Sinai attacks
Alarm bells ring for me since clearly the main news is that at least 32 people have been killed in Sinai, not that the Egyptian president cut short a visit to the African Union.
We can read that:
Militants targeted military and police in North Sinai late on Thursday, which officials say killed at least 32 and wounded many more.
The group Sinai Province, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS), said it carried out the attacks.
The group Sinai Province, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS), said it carried out the attacks.
Only 'militants' for the BBC despite their allegiance to Islamic State. We are also told further down the article that 2 children were killed in these attacks, something that if it was Israel that was retaliating against Palestinians would have been in the headline itself.
So it's clear to see that the BBC are doing their best to play down the actions of these terrorists.
Considering this attack happened today I also have to wonder where are there any BBC articles that actually report on this incident in its headline, and not as an aside.
I can see in the 'related article' section of the above story it shows: Egyptian media outrage over Sinai, which again simply covers up the actual incident.
Only when one goes to this article can we see another related story Deadly attacks hit Egypt's Sinai, which the BBC have been very quick to remove from its Mid-East webpage, and are minimising its existence as much as possible.
Another thing that struck me as odd in the BBC report, they state:As part of its security crackdown in Sinai, Egypt has been creating a 1km (0.6-mile) buffer zone along the border with Gaza in a bid to stop militants smuggling weapons through tunnels from the Palestinian territory.
Now where would Gazan weapons have come from in order to provide them to their mates in Sinai?
Any weapons in Gaza can only have got there by being smuggled from Egypt, not the other way round. The BBC doesn't want to let the reader know that these terrorists are assisting Hamas, and Sisi is working with Israel and doing his best to end terrorism in the region. Let's remember that Sisi was the first Arab leader to refer to Hamas as a terrorist group, but don't expect the BBC to remind you of that.