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I guess not strictly news - but with all of the vitriol I have seen in discussions on the Israel situation, that have boiled down to arguments over wording, I feel that this take from the BBC is worthy of some discussion.

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[–] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 260 points 1 year ago (77 children)

As is appropriate for journalism.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 97 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There's a reason every country that bitches about the BBC also gets accused of being far right authoritarians...

BBC calls them out, but pulls just short of saying it. And there's nothing far right authoritarians hate more than someone calmly telling the world exactly what they want. If we flat out called them nazis, they'd argue they're not technically nazis they're sparkling fascists.

[–] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Champugnent

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[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 177 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (24 children)

It's simply not the BBC's job to tell people who to support and who to condemn - who are the good guys and who are the bad guys.

I miss when this was the standard for news. Now most (e: major) outlets don't even try to pretend they have no bias and instead push a subjective point. Even when I agree with the point, I don't like it when my "news" pushes it instead of just, you know, reporting.

Give me the info and let me form my own opinions.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The news in Australia literally adds dramatic music to their edits. They're disgraceful, and manipulative.

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[–] Nighed@sffa.community 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

While us Brits love to complain about the BBC being biased (probably an actual issue for internal UK politics) its good to remember that it's still a world leading media outlet, and one of very few that can be considered not to be push an agenda. (I imagine I can find a lot of people that can probably disagree with that too....)

Even Routers has started editorialising, and I thought they were just meant to be raw facts!

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[–] Maven@lemmy.sdf.org 90 points 1 year ago (14 children)

The same thing's happening in Canada with the CBC; bunch of people calling them out for not saying "terrorist" implying it means they're in favour of the attacks, when CBC simply has a policy of not saying that about anyone, because it's not their job.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 year ago

This is why we need CBC and can't let the Conservative Party of Canada destroy them.

[–] Wilibus@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I generally don't like the CBC, but I personally find their international political reporting top tier due to this kind of approach.

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[–] plz1@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s so refreshing to see real journalistic integrity once in a while. Thanks for sharing.

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[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This is hardcore and I respect the shit out of it

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[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think you need to call hamas what they are, a far right fundamentalist extremist terrorist organisation. Their actions speak for themselves.

[–] LemmyRefugee@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (6 children)

What they mean as that they could also say Israel is a terrorist state. That’s what some people think. And some people, specially those who have friends or family who have been killed in Palestina, might say that Hamas are defending their people and are not terrorists.
But you and me, citizens without voice, can call them terrorists (that’s what they are) but doing so we are somehow chosing a band in a conflict.

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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

John Simpson is a legend. His book, A Mad World, My Masters, is exceptional reading.

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[–] redhydride@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

Commendable to resist such pressure and remain as objective as possible

[–] Steve@startrek.website 17 points 1 year ago
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