Here in the United States, Jews and non-Jews appear on television and radio programs and newspaper columns complaining of the pro-Palestinian bias of the media. Of course, those who have the opposite point of view, hardly ever get a chance to express their views in the mainstream media.

Wen we look at what American politicians (national and local) say, 99.9999…% always side with Israel. The U.S. government’s actions refelects an unconditional support for Israel.

A scatological reference usually means that someone’s realized they’ve run out of cogent arguments themselves.

Conspiracy theorists are cute.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1182409649992&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

The BBC denies that, of course, but that is to be expected.

One of the most informative sites in gaining an understanding of how the BBC skews the news is here:

biased-bbc.blogspot.com/

The website has details on abuses for several years by now.

Here are more sites on BBC bias:

http://www.bbcwatch.co.uk/index.html

http://bbceye.blogspot.com/

http://www.globalbritain.org/BBC/BBC%20Front%20page.htm

Here’s a YouTube video detailing a rather strong point-of-view about the BBC:

http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/view-of-bbc-bias.html

My own view on the BBC is that it has to be understood as an organ of the welfare state intent on preserving the prerogatives of an elite who depend on the welfare state as a source for power. Thus, it cannot survive in an open marketplace, as it would be subject to the will of the people as expressed by the marketplace. It can only survive through statist fiat that is not subject to plebiscite.

The BBC’s pro-Arab bias is mainly a residue of the grand socialist narrative started by the Soviet Union, which intended to co-opt nationalist struggles into socialist ones. The grand narrative collapsed in the west, but it still lives on, unexamined, in Arab and Muslim worlds, where the Soviet roots of the narrative are relatively unknown.

The grand narrative did take root in western universities in the seventies and eighties, though transformed into a postmodern, post-colonial narrative that has influenced several generations of journalism professors and students, most of whom have resisted re-examining the dogma.

Also, the BBC, like so many other welfare states in Europe, finds it convenient to continue the charade, as bashing Israel is often seen, among other things, as a means to bash the US, which continues to offer a successful economic model that is a direct threat to the existence of the welfare state.

Finnpundit , please try to see the full part of the cup, now we are so proud of Ismael haneya (the leader of hammas) although i am against a lot of actions that hammas made at the last days, but we are safe in gaza , and hammas not terrorist , they defense and seek to get our stolen land, i hope all you to be objective and judge the events from your own thoughts , the truth is clear.

Thank you very much for sharing your comments, but I beg to differ with both of you.

I certainly believe it’s ridiculously outrageous to assume that the BBC supports Hamas in anyway!, yet Esra’a,I think the BBC has never been pro-arab nor it has been pro-israeli,I believe it sought objectivity and professionality as much as possible, and that’s why the BBC has been the main source for my daily dose of international news eversince I finished secondary school.

In fact, members of Hamas are directly employed by the BBC.

Hi Finnpundit, can you please provide an example of a reporter or journalist who represents Hamas in the BBC?

The BBC I know tends to be pro-Arab, but I don’t think it goes to this extent.

Johnston did say that he was not being mistreated by HAMAS. Other sources said they threatened to kill him several times. So, I don’t know what to believe, maybe Alan will write about his own experiences as a result of this.