12 Ways the BBC Whitewashed The Gaza War - New Statistics
Another Article So Depressing I’ve Kept It Under 400 Words
Here are some facts from a major new 188 page report. The findings were presented this week to the BBC’s chief executive news editor Richard Burgess. As a result, we know the following about the Beeb:-
The BBC has never mentioned Israel’s policy to kill its own civilians (to prevent hostage-taking) on 7 October - the Hannibal Directive.
The BBC has never mentioned Israel’s longstanding Dahiya Doctrine aka the “mow the lawn” strategy - a 20-year policy to push Gaza back to the “Stone Age”.
The BBC has failed to report the many dozens of genocidal statements from Israeli officials since 7 October. It was completely silent on Netanyahu himself calling Palestinians “Amalek” - a Biblical call for extermination.
The BBC has shut down the use of the word “genocide” by guests on air over 100 times since 7 October. Its own journalists are, of course, not allowed to use the term.
The BBC has reported on just 6% (compared to 62 per cent of the smaller number in Ukraine) of the more than 225 journalists killed by Israel in Gaza, despite it killing more than all other major conflicts of the past 160 years combined.
The BBC has never invited Israeli historian Avi Shlaim - a prominent Oxford academic critical of Israeli policy - on air.
The BBC has dismissed concerns about British spy planes over Gaza operating from the UK airbase in Cyrpus. “I don’t think we should overplay the UK’s contribution,” Burgess responded.
The BBC has profileed Israel victims 30 times more than Palestinian victims.
The BBC has interviewed Israelis twice as often as Palestinians.
The BBC has asked 38 guests to condemn Hamas, none to condemn Israel.
The BBC has mentioned “occupation” 14 times in sampled news articles (0.3%) when providing context to the conflict.
The BBC has covered Ukraine twice as often as Gaza.
And one for luck! 13 - The words ‘barbaric’, ‘barbarian/s’, ‘barbaric’ were used over four times as much for attacks on Israelis as compared to Palestinians by BBC
personnel. The BBC used the words ‘atrocity’ or ‘atrocities’ against Israelis were 17 times more than for Palestinians. ‘Murder’, ‘murdered’, ‘murderous’, ‘murderer/s’ were referenced 220 times by BBC presenters and reporters for actions against Israelis and just once for Palestinians.