Elders of Zion

[Teddy Bear]

Thanks to John at Biased BBC Blog for this observation and posting today.biased-bbc.blogspot.com/

I'm new to this scene & wanted to bring the following grossly biased 'Today programme' report to your attention:

www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_zion_20050624.ram

The report is ostensibly about a retired Israeli judge's writings on the history of the anti-Semitic propaganda manual known as 'the Protocol of the Elders of Zion', but the first half consists largely of a one-sided 'interview' with an Arab pseudo-intellectual who takes full advantange of the opportunity to spread his anti-semitic propaganda.

Even the naughty Naughtie sounds a little taken aback by the obviously ascerbic nature of the piece. Listen to him state that we 'understand' the 'arguments' of the Arabs for their attitude to Israel.

When listening to this section of the Today programme I noted that what was especially striking about the Egyptian 'intellectual', is that although he didn't claim that the 'Elders of Zion' had much influence over much of the populace, but the negative attitude toward Israel was a result of their annexing parts of Palestine and the Golan Heights.
One would think that an intellectual (professor no less) would have noted that Egypt got all of their lands back, including Sinai, which now generates billions of dollars since Israel developed it as a tourist resort, plus the oil wells there - AFTER EGYPT MADE PEACE.

What's worse, is that neither the BBC reporter interviewing this man, or Naughtie himself, made any comment about that. Are they really that stupid or just plain evil?

[ilana1]

This seems to be happening often. More interesting - and true to form at the BBC, is the reaction given when people write or phone to complain. The BBC makes no secret of its disdain for the so-called "Jewish Lobby". I have had many replies to complaints that make my blood boil. The latest is that when I complained about one of Orla Guerin's reports that Israel had "stolen" 38 years of Palestinian lives - the BBC further compounded the "felony" by explaining this meant that Israel had "stolen" Gaza and the West Bank from the Palestinians!

[Teddy Bear]

Considering the power the BBC has, it is tyrannical that they should be allowed to monitor themselves, and that people face imprisonment or heavy fines for failing to support them. They are evil personified within our society.