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Open letter accuses BBC board member of having a conflict of interest on Gaza

(www.theguardian.com)
524 points mhga | 1 comments | 08 Jul 25 02:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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engine_y ◴[08 Jul 25 03:06 UTC] No.44496585[source]▶
I read the article but not sure which pro Israeli editorials the BBC has published.

My experience is quite the opposite with BBC having a clear anti war stance.

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molteanu ◴[08 Jul 25 03:40 UTC] No.44496837[source]▶
It's about the careful wording, about who gets to be on the spotlight, about who gets to call the other side a tyrant, an evil state, about saying things like "regime change" and no-one batting an eye. Slowly, but surely, you form an opinion as to who the bad actor is as you've seen or read about its bad behaviour (but not of the behavior of the other party)

Most interestingly, it's about who holds the microphone and is allowed to say whatever they want, unquestioned.

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1. bawolff ◴[08 Jul 25 07:29 UTC] No.44497882[source]▶
Call me crazy, but neutral journalists should not be calling either side "evil". They should be reporting what each side does and let the reader draw their own moral conclusions.