Sunday, October 15, 2006
The BBC is Nailed on Anti-Israeli Bias; Uses British Courts and Taxpayer Funds to Keep Report Secret
As we have shown here, time and time again, the BBC is the most anti-Semitic, anti-American, and anti-George W. Bush media outlet in the world. And every time allegations of their bias are investigated, they are proven. Yet the BBC hierarchy likes to tell everyone that they are unbiased. Yeah, right.
A recent internal report done for the BBC is said to show that their anti-Israeli bias has gotten worse, not better. A British lawyer heard of the report and asked to see it. The BBC, which likes to tell everyone how open it is and how it stands for free speech is challenging the lawyer in court - by using untold thousands of pounds of taxpayer funds to stifle the report.
In short, the BBC's new slogan is: "We stand for free speech, until we are caught being Nazis."
BBC mounts court fight to keep 'critical' report secret
That the BBC hates Israel, Jews, America, and George W. Bush cannot be denied. That it is rank with hypocrisy and leftwing propaganda has also been proven. What needs to be discovered is: why do the British people continue to fund this group of lying Marxist thugs with their hard-earned money?
As we have shown here, time and time again, the BBC is the most anti-Semitic, anti-American, and anti-George W. Bush media outlet in the world. And every time allegations of their bias are investigated, they are proven. Yet the BBC hierarchy likes to tell everyone that they are unbiased. Yeah, right.
A recent internal report done for the BBC is said to show that their anti-Israeli bias has gotten worse, not better. A British lawyer heard of the report and asked to see it. The BBC, which likes to tell everyone how open it is and how it stands for free speech is challenging the lawyer in court - by using untold thousands of pounds of taxpayer funds to stifle the report.
In short, the BBC's new slogan is: "We stand for free speech, until we are caught being Nazis."
BBC mounts court fight to keep 'critical' report secret
The BBC has spent thousands of pounds of licence payers' money trying to block the release of a report which is believed to be highly critical of its Middle East coverage.
The corporation is mounting a landmark High Court action to prevent the release of The Balen Report under the Freedom of Information Act, despite the fact that BBC reporters often use the Act to pursue their journalism.
The action will increase suspicions that the report, which is believed to run to 20,000 words, includes evidence of anti-Israeli bias in news programming.
The court case will have far reaching implications for the future working of the Act and the BBC. If the corporation loses, it will have to release thousands of pages of other documents that have been held back.
Like all public bodies, the BBC is obliged to release information about itself under the Act. However, along with Channel 4, Britain's other public service broadcaster, it is allowed to hold back material that deals with the production of its art, entertainment and journalism.
The High Court action is the latest stage of a lengthy and expensive battle by Steven Sugar, a lawyer, to get access to the document, which was compiled by Malcolm Balen, a senior editorial adviser, in 2004.
Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner, who is responsible for the workings of the Act, agreed with the BBC that the document, which examines hundreds of hours of its radio and television broadcasts, could be held back. However, Mr Sugar appealed and, after a two-day hearing at which the BBC was represented by two barristers, the Information Tribunal found in his favour.
Mr Sugar said: "This is a serious report about a serious issue and has been compiled with public money. I lodged the request because I was concerned that the BBC's reporting of the second intifada was seriously unbalanced against Israel, but I think there are other issues at stake now in the light of the BBC's reaction."
The BBC's coverage of the Middle East has been frequently condemned for a perceived anti-Israeli bias.
That the BBC hates Israel, Jews, America, and George W. Bush cannot be denied. That it is rank with hypocrisy and leftwing propaganda has also been proven. What needs to be discovered is: why do the British people continue to fund this group of lying Marxist thugs with their hard-earned money?
