Superb
Media Lens alert offering clear examples of how BBC reporters serve as
unthinking propagandists on behalf of state power.
ML:
On
January 8, Fiona Bruce introduced an item about Syria on BBC News at
Ten with the phrase: 'Syrian government forces, backed by Russia'. Why
does BBC News not regularly use the phrase, 'Saudi government forces,
backed by the United States and the UK' when reporting on bombs dropped
on Yemen? The answer should be obvious.
On January 29, Huw
Edwards announced on BBC News at Ten: 'We talk exclusively to the head
of the CIA about the threat from Russia.'
Note the duplicitous
wording once again. Not 'alleged' threat or 'claimed' threat, far less
'hyped-up' threat. BBC correspondent Gordon Corera's 'interview' of the
CIA's Mike Pompero was a travesty of journalism, with no meaningful
challenge or context. That the US is regularly regarded by global public
opinion as a major threat around the world was totally off the agenda.
You will wait in vain for an exclusive interview on BBC News at Ten with
a senior figure about the 'threat from the United States'.
