BBC bias: the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
By Anthony Lawson
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Documentary maker Anthony Lawson argues, in a remarkably dispassionate 15-minute video critique of BBC Panorama's 'Death on the Med', that the BBC's "biased and often untruthful treatment of Israel's worst atrocity since Operation Cast Lead should trigger a public enquiry about who is really in charge of one of the most influential broadcasters on the planet". Well, okay; calling the attack on the Freedom Flotilla the worst atrocity since Cast Lead is a little overstated. Jane Corbin may or may not an active supporter of Israel but she certainly looks a little less than unequivocal. Her reputation as an unbiased reporter is seriously compromised; and she, and indeed the BBC ("Nation shall speak peace unto nation"), are sidelined in a world where the truth flows everywhere and the lies of politicians, the press and the police are only as good as rusty old sieves.
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