ASSANGE - BBC Interview - Guillaume Long, Foreign Minister Ecuador

WikiLeaks Watching this video right now ...  Noticed that there's a message on the YouTube video site, indicating that the video is UNLISTED. Why are BBC censoring this video? Just checked that YouTube location again.  It looks like it's been loaded by an account other than the BBC, and the message is that it's unlisted etc.  So is this YouTube censorship of some kind? PICTURE OF NOTICE  [CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE] VIDEO Guillaume Long Foreign Minister, Ecuador BBC Interview 21 June 2016 ASSANGE | WIKILEAKS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD5HfxiS6Rw TEARING UP NEWSPAPERS?! LOL, BEEB BRITAIN IMPRISONS WITHOUT CHARGE AUSSIE JOURNALIST ASSANGE  5.5 YEARS!  Yeah, it's all about the feels at the Beeb ... ;) Comment I can barely get through this.  I've had to take a pause, because it's getting on my nerves something shocking. Not enjoying this BBC interview at all. When I tune into a program that is interviewing a subject, my attention is on the subject — or that's where I want it to be. But it's not in this instance.   The attention is on the grating BBC presenter's style of interviewing that is injecting quasi-hysterical emotionalism of the presenter into the interview. It immediately had me on edge and pissed off watching this unprofessionalism.  Not because of what I consider unprofessionalism per se, but because it is distracting and annoying. Please, BBC, find or train calm, professional presenters, who do not inject themselves or their emotions into the subjects of interview. Not only is this appalling interview style distracting and detracting from what is being discussed, the constant interruptions of the presenter speaking over the top of the subject make for a chaotic farce that's a chore following. While on the subject of farce, the "rape is a serious accusation" insistent assertions of the presenter — when we ALL KNOW the facts after almost 6 years of undemocratic British political persecution and arbitrary detention of this Australian journalist — is beyond ridiculous.  Who writes this crap, the British Foreign Office, the Ministry of Justice or the British Ministry of Truth ... or the US State Department? It's like accusing Iceland of having committed the Armenian genocide, and shrilly demanding of Iceland:  "Isn't genocide a serious accusation?" Clearly, the nature of the accusation is irrelevant when the accusation is false. The arbitrary detention, smear, silencing, political persecution, calls for assassination, targeting and potential USA lifelong imprisonment or execution of an Australian journalist, in a British 'democracy', is the serious matter the pseudo left-leaning British propaganda organ, the  'Beeb', isn't so keen on addressing. In addition to the facts of the matter, British intelligence, GCHQ, and the British Crown Prosecution Service has already told us all we need to know about this 'sex crime' farce.  [CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE]  [CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE]  [CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE]  [CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE]  [CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE]  [CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE]

Syria: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) - Fraud

ꕤ Video | Transcript BBC FRAUD - SYRIA ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- ☢  ☢ Transcript [ Confirm Audio / Video For Quotation Purposes ] The Truth Seeker Daniel Bushell RT News Daniel Bushell RT News Stunning fakery in the alleged chemical weapons attack, according to a former UK ambassador. Coming up. Other narration: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is accused of staging chemical weapons attack. The CIA admits planting CNN reporters. And international lawyers call for journalists inciting violence to be expelled. Daniel Bushell RT News August 2013. NATO leaders can't get the public on side for the imminent bombing of Syria. Suddenly, BBC says it was filming a small rural hospital and a game-changing atrocity happens right there, the moment they were filming. CUTS TO FILM CLIP:  'Syria Crisis', Ian Pannell, BBC (August, 2013) BBC Narrator Ian Pannell "... we were filming the doctors working at this hospital when victims of an incendiary bomb attack on a school playground started pouring in." CUTS TO FILM CLIP:  'Syria Crisis', Ian Pannell, BBC (August, 2013) Female - [kitted up in dramatic face-mask] "Absolute chaos and carnage here. It must be some sort of napalm." [At issue:  BBC footage August 2013 vs BBC Footage September 2013] Daniel Bushell RT News But a highly sceptical public stayed hostile to military intervention. Exactly one month later, the leaders are trying to pin a chemical weapons attack on Syria, without success. The BBC airs exactly the same footage, but digitally alters the word 'napalm' for 'chemical weapons', hoping no-one will notice. CUTS TO FILM CLIP:  'Saving Syria's Children', Ian Pannell, BBC (September, 2013) Female - [kitted up in dramatic face-mask] "Absolute chaos and carnage here. It must be some sort of chemical weapon." Daniel Bushell RT News Not only did folks notice, but it's unleashed a massive public investigation which made some extremely disturbing findings. Robert Stuart This is the total fabrication, from beginning to end, of an atrocity, with BBC 'reporter' Ian Pannell standing amidst a tableau of very bad actors.  This is completely beyond the pale'. Daniel Bushell RT News This audio analysis by media investigator Robyn Upton shows both versions [of BBC audio] are identical and from the same speech. The BBC then altered the words from 'napalm' to 'chemical weapon', the EXACT justification  NATO was finding difficult prove. That game-changing allegation was made by two doctors have travelled with the BBC, who claimed the number of sudden casualties is "overwhelming". What kind of doctor, notes media investigator Robert Stuart, gives interviews when she is surrounded by supposedly seriously burned and dying teenagers. Translated English overdub: "Get anyone who isn't a patient out out of here." Daniel Bushell RT News When a nurse does finally start to help, her order to "get anyone who isn't a patient out of here" doesn't apply to the cameramen. Even worse, notes Stuart [Roberts], is the bizarre acting which starts when the man in the centre gives the sign. 'Doctor Rola', on whose sole claim the BBC sends 'napalm chemical weapons' allegations around the world is actually the daughter of Syrian rebel Mousa al-Kardi. The parallel to the Gulf War and [the testimony of] Nurse Nayirah is stunning. Congressmen said the nurse's tearful testimony that Iraqis were killing children swung their vote in favour of war. [Cuts to footage of 'Nurse Nayirah' - 'Lies Pushed US to Bomb Iraq', Courtesy C-Span] 'Nurse Nayirah' tearful footage: " ... and left the children to die on the cold floor."  [sniff, sniff] Daniel Bushell RT News Nurse Nayirah became the mainstream's darling, but once the vote had safely passed, she admitted INVENTING the whole thing and was actually the daughter of the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Washington, lying to get the public to back war. UK Member of Parliament joins us. Thank you very much for coming on. Why do we get almost identical claims before each war, which then prove lies? George Galloway UK Member of Parliament: Well, the 'Bush and Blair Corporation' [ie the BBC], as it became in the run-up to the Iraq war, has almost entirely lost its reputation for journalistic integrity. A full inquiry must be lodged into why the BBC used a piece of material which was not just wrong, but was falsified and falsified with the purpose of propelling out country into war. That's not what the British public pays its BBC licence fee for, so that it can be tricked into a war. Daniel Bushell RT News In a statement, the British Broadcasting Corporation says it stands by its report. The Syrian opposition denies the allegations. Investigators such as Robert Stuart note there are many questions sent to the Corporation [BBC] remaining unanswered. There are also numerous such precedents both in this war and in previous invasions. 'Brilliant' is how a top Western called tricking the public through routine faking of atrocities, commonly aired on mainstream bulletins. Nightly news shows just a few cases of what happened next, after mainstream cameras ended their reports. Male Voice American 'Nightly News': "It shows people putting on, you know, fake wounds; it shows -- look, there some guys there, there's their head wounds, peace everybody -- you know, we're doing the right thing, we're creating fake propaganda.  I mean, it's not even real atrocities so they're lined up; there's another video showing a guy kicking his leg and with a fake blood wound.  Here's a guy who wakes up from his funeral. Watch this -- oh, he's awake.  He's not even really dead.  So, I mean, this is just crazy what goes on.  There's another video that was shot of a supposed massacre and it cuts -- you don't see the whole thing.  When you go to the Al Jazeera footage it shows real quick clips of a guy kicking his leg and he's got blood coming out.  It turned out to be fake blood." Daniel Bushell RT News The so-called activists behind the fakes are by far the most popular source of despite them never being verified and regularly disproved as fabrications to justify more NATO arms. The term 'activist' may sound like a well-meaning Western campaigner or charity, but the Foreign Policy Journal notes it's just newspeak for insurgents. The official source of Syria casualties, or what mainstream claims is official, is an impressive sounding organisation THE SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. Reuters exposed the fact three (3) years ago it was not an organisation at all, or even working in Syria. It's a single pro-insurgent supporter living in Coventry, England. Here pictured at the Foreign Office after instructions from Britian's Foreign Minister himself. In leaked footage, ordinary Syrians told the BBC they're tired of its lies and the insurgents they're cheer-leading are a tiny minority led by foreign gangs. [Cuts to footage:  males challenging female American sounding journalist and asserting that Assad is widely supported by most of the 22-million Syrians and that very small minority, number in the thousands, are in opposition.] Daniel Bushell RT News Pro-war media is forced to resort to colossal lies since intelligence chiefs reveal to America's top investigative reporter Sy Hersh: "Obama's cronies are making it up.  All the evidence actually points to the jihadis staging the chemical attacks. SY HERSH Author:  'Whose Sarin?' The 'attack was not the result of the current regime', the high-level intelligence officer wrote in an email to a colleague. ‘The guys are throwing their hands in the air and saying, “How can we help this guy” – Obama – “when he and his cronies in the White House make up the intelligence as they go along?”, said a former intelligence official." Daniel Bushell RT News The distortion, he said, reminded him of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. [RT on film:  'Wag the Dog', Barry Levinson, New Line Cinema (1997)] Daniel Bushell RT News The thought a US President would start a horrific foreign war by staging a pretty female front as a victim made people laugh. [Cuts to film footage] [Film:  'Wag the Dog', Barry Levinson, New Line Cinema (1997)] [Subsequently cuts to: [Film:  'I Am A Ukrainian', Appleseed Entertainment (2014)] Daniel Bushell RT News Meet 'Julia' (if that's her real name), the celebrated face the mass media called the creator of a viral video asking the US to help Ukraine. It was actually created by the [US] State Department's National Endowment for Democracy (NED), to mask the fact that Washington joined Ukraine thugs and murdered their way to power. A leaked phone call with EU Foreign [Catherine] Ashton revealed the opposite planned and executed the infamous sniper violence of Kiev, shooting both the police and their own supporters in the back. A study found a total of 250 mainstream sources lied that the snipers belonged to Yanukovych. Only seven (7) of the entire mass media even mentioned the bombshell leak, and those that did, framed the report to suggest it couldn't possibly be true. Former Wall Street Journal editor, Paul Criag Roberts, called the coverage in Ukraine a new low in the history of the mainstream, which is now simply what he described as a ministry of lies. Investigative reporter John Helmer's uncovered mainstream staging demonstrations and attempts to provoke disorder. He joins us. Great to speak to you. One US scholar notes the coverage has become Orwellian.  What's going on? John Helmer Investigative Reporter So the weaker your government, the more interested the leader might be in threatening Russia to look strong at home, when it's obvious he's not strong at home and couldn't get re-elected. That's particularly true of, let's say, the French president, or Prime Minister Cameron at the moment. Arguably President Obama is not only a lame duck, but having great difficulty in putting together a winning coalition for the Democratic Party's next candidate for president. When you've got weak political leaders, you need to look stronger than you are in public opinion in the media.  So there's this process of misleading and disinforming. Daniel Bushell RT News The Senate Committee enquiry revealed CIA running mainstream media in a vast operation known as Mockingbird. More than 400 journalists and media chiefs claiming to watchdog the government were the exact opposite:  joining to mask US government crime at home and abroad. The operation continues despite [CIA] agency denials. Counterpunch discovered CIA imposing agents on firms like CNN. Former CIA [officer] Michael Scheuer notes British media are even closer to intel targets. Scheuer adds that BBC now takes the lead in regime change operations that cause 'anarchy' and violence. Let's speak to Francis Boyle, professor of international law at Illinois University. Great to talk to you. How can nations stop war media that now perform the CIA's covert operations? FRANCIS BOYLE PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS Certainly, have their visas revoked and sent packing home, because I really don't understand why some of these countries keep, you know, European journalist, certainly in the United States, why they let them into the countries; because they're just using their cover to provoke war and military intervention at home. [Split Screen / Cut to footage: ABCNews #ABCWorldNews - Crisis in Ukraine, Blood in the Streets LiveCNN - Crisis in Ukraine - Breaking News - 'Putin Threatens More Military Action'  |  Anderson Cooper depicted] In addition, Bush junior administration lifted what was supposed to be the previous prohibition that intelligence agents were not supposed to infiltrate the media. You know, you have to be very careful, certainly dealing with US reporters, whether or not they're intelligence agents. Daniel Bushell RT News [???] active units of the military, also known as Wall Street media, show how serious the situation now is.  They're policies aren't popular with their own viewers. Mainstream audiences are in free-fall. CNN and MSNBC have shed half their entire viewership in the last year alone. The question is, how many more coups they will stage or help, before they lose the public's trust altogether. Seek truth from facts. This is the Truth Seeker. [end audio/video] Whose sarin? Seymour M. Hersh Vol. 35 No. 24 · 19 December 2013 http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n24/seymour-m-hersh/whose-sarin ꕤ

British Bullsh*t Corporation - Propaganda: "Elton John: Kremlin denies Putin phoned over gay rights"

ꕤ Article - Propaganda SOURCE http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34260134 Elton John: Kremlin denies Putin phoned over gay rights     9 hours ago     From the section Europe  The Kremlin has firmly denied that President Vladimir Putin contacted pop star Sir Elton John, who has said he wants to talk to him about gay rights. Sir Elton had said he wanted to talk to Mr Putin about his "ridiculous" stance. Later, a message on the musician's Instagram account thanked Mr Putin for "reaching out" in a phone conversation. But a Kremlin spokesman said no conversation between the two men had taken place - and hinted that the call could have been a hoax. Sir Elton's Instagram message added: "I look forward to meeting with you face to face to discuss LGBT equality in Russia." His office said that the two men had spoken. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that reports of a conversation were "not true". Download Flash Player now You need to install Flash Player to play this content. Media caption Sir Elton admitted his wish to meet Mr Putin was "probably pie in the sky" "I don't know who spoke to Elton John but President Putin did not speak to him," he said. "I don't know [what happened] but President Putin did not speak to Elton John and most importantly we didn't receive any proposals to meet." He added: "If the president does get such a signal from Elton John, the president has always been open to discuss any... human rights problems, any issues. He is always ready to clarify the real situation." Russia has faced international criticism for its laws against homosexuality, including a 2013 bill prosecuting people for providing information about homosexuality to people under 18. [ ... ] EXTRACT - FULL AT SOURCE http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34260134 ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT BBC (aka 'British Bullsh*t Corporation') Another anti-Russian propaganda circular, from a media organisation owned by a government that: holds Julian Assange, political prisoner, 5 years (no charge) for exposing US and allied war crimes, at a cost of over 12-million taxpayer British pounds for arrogant theatre display of state force and violation of democracy.  [here] went to illegal war against Iraq, despite unanimous legal FCO opinion that such war was illegal. [here] by-passed its own lawyers go get an American legal 'say-so' to enter into illegal war. [ibid here] has legalised extra-judicial state assassinations by drone (Bethlehem doctrine). [ibid here] is presently engaged in oil-gas wars against Syria (and beyond) and, as second banana partner to USA, is destabilising the entire Middle East promoting sectarian violence. [here] conducted drone strikes against British Parliamentary veto (Syria).  Parliament voted against strikes in Syria in August 2013.  [here] has caused the death, displacement, hardship & misery of millions in the Middle East and Africa.  See 500,000 Iraq death toll, as example:  here. ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Just look at the British track record regarding rights -- and that is just a fraction of the harm done worldwide, over centuries of British imperialism & exploitation of the masses. Hypocrites.  Propagandists.  Distraction.  Diversion.  Brainwashing.  Exploitation. British authorities exploiting an emotive/divisive issue for propaganda & distraction purposes. Other Sodomy decriminalised: England and Wales - 1967 Scotland - 1980 Northern Ireland - 1982 UK Crown Dependencies - Guernsey - 1983 UK Crown Dependencies - Jersey - 1990 UK Crown Dependencies - Isle of Man - 1992 Russia:  May 27, 1993 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_law ꕤ

Transcript - BBC Video - 17 December 2010 - Assange Interview Clip - Ellingham Hall

VIDEO  |  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPMnddMEqn8 17 December 2010  | BBC TRANSCRIPT [For quotation purposes, confirm audio] BBC Presenter Now, Julian Assange who was released on bail yesterday says WikiLeaks will continue to publish the leaked US diplomatic cables, despite the pressure being applied to him. He spoke to journalists this lunchtime at Ellingham Hall in Norfolk, where he is staying until his extradition hearing. Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Over the last 4 years we have published material from over 120 countries. It is our normal business to publish banks - information about banks - and we have been attacked. Primarily not by government - primarily, in fact, not by the US government (or things are heating up now) - but, in fact, by banks: banks from Dubai, banks from Switzerland, banks from the United States, banks from the UK. So, yes, of course, we are continuing to release material about banks. Reporter (male) Julian, you were saying before the WikiLeaks website is under attack, can you expand on that a bit more. Eight-five percent of traffic proved [??] was trying to close it down, is that correct? Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Well, I have been out of touch. I have been in a black hole for 10 days. I received - the last newspaper I read before coming here this morning -  [cough] - was the London Express from last Thursday, so perhaps you are talking about something that I am unaware of.   But over 85% of our economic resources are spent with dealing with attacks: dealing with technical attacks, dealing with political attacks, dealing with legal attacks - not doing journalism. And that, if you like, is attacks upon the best quality investigative journalism, and 85% tax rate on that kind of economic activity, whereas people who are producing celebrity pieces for Vanity Fair have a much lower tax rate. Reporter (male) And how is it easy to look after the website when you're staged up in a house in Norfolk. Can you operate from here? Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Well, people like to present WikiLeaks as just me and my backpack. It is not true. We're a relatively large organisation. The permanent staff is relatively small [whereas?] in the Cablegate we had about 24 full-time staff [cough]. But it is resilient. It is designed to withstand decapitation attacks, and our publishing rate actually increased over the time that I was in solitary confinement and we see even today, [in] our British media partner, The Guardian, [the] latest story coming out of these cables. India's accused of systemic use of torture. Over 1,000 reports made to the Red Cross. Over 600 of those concerning serious torture in Kashmir, by the Indian government [inaudible]. [end clip 2:55 / 2:58] Ellingham Hall "Ellingham Hall, the site of Julian Assange's "mansion arrest" until his next court appearance on January 11, seen here, sits on a 650-acre estate a little more than 100 miles northeast of London. His conditional bail requires that he remain at Ellingham Hall, as well as check in daily with police, wear an ankle monitor and observe a curfew."  [CBS]  ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- COMMENT Picked a random short video from 2010, to check out what was going on circa the Assange arrest. Really surprised to see the clip is about bank attacks, rather than a massive US government take-down via authorities in Sweden.   What, how could I get it so wrong? After 5 years of detention, including a 3 year siege, there's more to this than bank attacks.  But maybe that wasn't apparent at the time?  Don't know.  Haven't seen enough 2010 footage to judge.   Don't know how much of that sort of thing I'll be looking at, as it's quite time consuming - if you bother to make a record of it. So, US diplomatic cables were being published at the time. Interesting how the organisation is under constant attacks, chewing up enormous resources. What's appalling is that proper journalism is taxed at a huge 85% rate, where as fluff is taxed at some lower level. Eighty-five percent tax on any organisation sounds more like robbery than tax to me. ꕤ

IRAN

IRAN BBC Spies? #UK BBC allegedly tried to steal from #Iran govt archives / BBC a cover for spies & dissidents / http://tinyurl.com/l3rmu2h >BBC is BANNED in #Iran & broadcasts blocked / #UK has no diplomatic presence /since militants stormed #UK consulate in 2011. #Iran's state TV said intelligence officials foiled BBC's plan to steal items from govt archives / http://tinyurl.com/qfhoy52 / article IBT #Iran - 2012 - #hacker / attack to jam 2 satellite feeds of BBC Persia into Iran, 2 disrupt London ph lines / multiple automatic calls ..LOL #Iran / #UK BBC had no immediate comment re BBC hacking claim ... "but Iran has a history of accusing" BBC ... lol nice DEFLECTION BBC! #Iran accuses BBC of spies & dissidents cover/foiled attempt steal docs govt archives /Guardian runs AP article: http://tinyurl.com/q8k8clr >> 2012 Iran’s state TV claimed BBC hacked its website to change the results of a poll about Iran’s nuclear programme!!! #UK >> Is the BBC a hotbed for SPIES and engaged in CYBER-WARFARE with #Iran ?? Iran - Israel & US Press TV Iran tweeted that US rejected Bibi's UN speech re Iran ... Hmmm, think Bibi might be spitting the dummy right now? >> Bubble Head Jen Psaki said WA disagrees with Netanyahu's assertion. White House says Iran’s nukes program is peaceful !! >> article link: http://tinyurl.com/kqymkhg >> So why did they hack Iran & destroy centrifuges? Sneaky US is up to *something* >> US former Pres. Jimmy Carter has attested to the existence of the Israeli nuclear arsenal >> http://tinyurl.com/kqymkhg  --------------------------------------------------- COMMENT This amused me greatly at the time but now I'm over it. Although the 2012 satellite jam is rather cool. In other news, Israel was critical of Iran at UN General Assembly, while the US has sidled up to Iran and wants to be buddies -- which is very strange.  US is up to something. Note:  UK no diplomatic presence since 2011.

BBC Radio 5 - What, no Netanyahu?

BBC Radio 5 live ‏@bbc5live 56m Your Call: What would you do about President Putin? Call 0500 909693. Text 85058. Listen: http://bbc.co.uk/5live

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COMMENT


I don't suppose BBC Radio 5 considered a:

Your Call:

What would you do about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?

Naah, not a chance. LOL.

GAZA - Media Coverage Criticisms

Wikipedia - Gaza

Israel offensive launched - 8 July 2014

'Operation Protective Edge'

"Media coverage

Portrayals of the conflict have varied in different media outlets. In the English-speaking world, U.S. news sources were often more sympathetic to Israel, though commentators on both sides have stated that U.S. coverage of the conflict has failed to adequately provide context and background for the public to understand the issues involved. Commentators on both sides have also claimed that the media is biased either for or against Israel.  British sources were more often critical of Israel.  As the conflict progressed and Palestinian deaths increased, media became somewhat more critical of Israel.

ABC News received criticism when Diane Sawyer misidentified photos of rubble in Gaza as being in Israel. The progressive media criticism organization FAIR said that the mistake reflected a worldview in American media and a "false balance" between the two sides of the conflict, when in fact many more Palestinians have suffered than Israelis.  Sawyer later apologized on-air for the error.

Investigative reporter Judith Miller criticized US media, and her former employer The New York Times in particular, for being unsympathetic to Israel and downplaying the context of the kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers.

Criticism of the BBC's coverage

In The Guardian, Owen Jones called the BBC's headline "Israel under renewed Hamas attack", "perverse as Mike Tyson punching a toddler, followed by a headline claiming that the child spat at him", and that "the macabre truth is that Israeli life is deemed by the Western media to be worth more than a Palestinian life".

In London, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow, hundreds protested outside the BBC's offices accusing the corporation of "pro-Israeli bias" in its coverage of the ongoing conflict. It claimed that news coverage was "entirely devoid of context or background". An open letter to BBC director signed by 45,000 people including Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Ken Loach, Brian Eno and Jeremy Hardy said it would "like to remind the BBC that Gaza is under Israeli occupation and siege [and] that Israel is bombing a refugee population". The BBC has defended its coverage.

Building on research by the Glasgow University Media Group that examined the media coverage of recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Gaza, Greg Philo, research director of the university’s media unit, described how senior BBC journalists have spoken to him about being unable to get the Palestinian viewpoint across.

Social media

In the eight days leading up to Operation Protective Edge, the hashtag #GazaUnderAttack was used over 375,000 times. Often the hashtag was used on tweets using photos that claimed to show how the people are suffering due to Israeli attacks. A BBC study showed that in some cases these photos were from previous Israeli attacks, or from wars in Syria and Iraq.

A false report circulated on social media and via SMS that a rocket from Gaza had hit a petrochemical plant in Haifa. These reports cited Haaretz as their source, but turned out to be false. Haaretz denies having issued such warnings.

A photograph published by Danish journalist Allan Sørensen on Twitter caused uproar online, gathering more than 8,500 retweets. It allegedly shows Israelis in Sderot gathered on top of a hill to celebrate and cheer as they watched Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. People reportedly brought chairs, sofas, popcorn, and hookahs with them.  The scene was described as "something resembling a party".  Similarly, according to The Jerusalem Post, Palestinians in Hebron cheered as Gazan rockets were fired at Tel Aviv."

SOURCE - Wikipedia - here.

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Hmmm... the BBC is at it again.  

So check out what they've got to say -- and then look elsewhere to see what's going on.

Western media is HUGELY biased -- and it's not just limited to the situation in Gaza.

Follow up on Greg Philo (University of Glasgow Media Group):
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BBC forced to ask: ‘Do we favour Israel?’

July 17, 2014

 ...extract below...

Mishal Husain (MH): ‘Are the protesters right? Have we been biased at the BBC in favour of Israel?’

Greg Philo: ‘I think actually the protesters are doing the BBC a favour. I think they will help the journalists to give a better perspective.

‘I’ve had many senior journalists at the BBC saying they simply can’t get the Palestinian viewpoint across, that the perspective they can’t say is the Palestinian view that Israel is a brutal apartheid state.’

MH: ‘As you watch news coverage on the BBC and other broadcasters, what’s the full picture you get of the coverage of this conflict?’

GP: ‘Well, the Palestinian perspective is just not there. The Israelis are on twice as much. But the Palestinian view and the historical analysis of the events is that they were displaced from their land, they are living under military rule.

‘People don’t even understand that it’s a military occupation that Palestinians are subject to. They don’t know about the economic blockade, they don’t know about the consequences of that on Palestinian life.”

MH: ‘We have, and we do have, many reports from Gaza…reporting on the casualties, reporting from the morgues.’

GP: ‘ The issue is the roots of the conflict. The problem with the coverage is that it doesn’t refer to the history of it. That the Palestinians are a displaced people, that they were forced to flee, that they lost their homes and lands, that the occupation and the way it is conducted is illegal, that they lose their water, that they had their lives, in effect, stolen from them.

‘Even if the BBC can’t give the Palestinian view, it should at least respect international law. The BBC should be reporting the international judgements on things like the Wall.’

…’Unless there’s a proper discussion of the root causes of this, unless the politicians are made to confront the history of this and confront seriously the conditions under which are they are reduced, unless they understand and are made to confront the history of it – the displacement of a people – until the politicians face that, how can we have a proper debate?’

...continued @ source...

SOURCE - Palestine Solidarity Campaign - here.

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Ukraine govt gets media free ride - lobbying against Russians on the eve of EU Brussels pow-wow - US calls for santions to protect their grab in Ukraine

ABC Australia Article

Ukraine says Russian army officers fighting with pro-Moscow rebels in the east of the country

Posted Tue 15 Jul 2014, 10:59am AEST

[INS AND OUTS OF UKRAINE ACCUSATIONS .... WHICH ARE NOT SUBSTANTIATED  ...

WAR OF WORDS ... SEVERAL HUNDRED KILLED ... BUT NO MENTION OF CIVILIANS UKRAINE PUPPET GOVT IS KILLING]

"Information has ... been confirmed that Russian staff officers are taking part in military operations against Ukrainian forces," Mr Poroshenko said.

Mr Poroshenko made similar complaints of Russian incursions on Sunday to the European Union (EU) with an eye to pushing the bloc to exert greater pressure, and possibly more sanctions, on Moscow.

Mr Poroshenko told his security chiefs that government forces, which lost 23 men in a rocket attack on an army camp last Friday, were now facing a new Russian missile system and there would have to be a change in tactics.

He gave no details.  [SO THIS IS JUST AIRING UKRAINE'S MANY ACCUSATIONS IN THE LEAD UP TO HE BRUSSELS POW-WOW ... AND SNEAKY OLD JOE BIDEN PROBABLY TOLD HIM WHAT TO SAY.  LOL!.]

National and Security Council spokesman [NATO'S ACCUSATIONS OF RUSSIAN TROOPS AT BORDER -- REPEATED OFTEN IN MEDIA.]

Moscow's response to the cross-border shelling and the Ukrainian reports of Russian troops being moved up to the border raised again the prospect of Russian intervention, after weeks in which president Vladimir Putin had appeared intent on disengaging, pulling back tens of thousands of troops he had massed at the frontier.

A spokesman for the so-called Luhansk People's Republic said 30 volunteer fighters had been killed in Ukrainian fire on Oleksandrivka, a village to the east of the town, Russia's Interfax news agency said.
Missile that took down plane was likely Russian: officials

As military action continued on Monday near the rebel-controlled border town of Luhansk, Ukraine's defence minister said a Ukrainian AN-26 transport plane, taking part in the military campaign against the rebels, had been shot down by a rocket which was "probably" fired from Russian territory.

[BBC CITED UK CAREER MILITARY EXPERT'S OPINION - HEYMAN SAID THAT THIS WAS UNLIKELY.]

[UKRAINE POINT FINGER AT RUSSIANS; DENYING CHARGES LEVELLED AT THEM]

And he again rejected Russian charges that Ukraine forces had fired a shell over the border killing a Russian man on Sunday - an incident that Moscow has described as an "aggressive act" which would have "irreversible consequences".

"The (rebel) fighters systematically fire mortars and shoot into Russian territory, which killed a Russian citizen."
[UKRAINE POINT FINGER AT 'REBELS', DENYING CHARGES LEVELLED AT THEM]

In a weekend of fierce combat, Ukraine said its warplanes had inflicted heavy losses on the pro-Russian separatists in air strikes on their positions, including an armoured convoy which Kiev said had crossed the border from Russia. [OF  COURSE, THIS IS WHAT THEY'D SAY.  LOL.  THEY WANT US INTERVENTION.  ALSO, WHAT THEY DON'T SAY IS THAT UKRAINE GOVT HAS KILLED CIVILIANS.]  [AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE 'REBELS'.  THESE ARE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE  FIGHTING FOR THEIR PRINCIPLES AND THEIR HOMELAND -- & THEY DESERVE SUPPORT.]

Mr Poroshenko's office said Kiev would present documentary proof of incursions from Russia to the international community via diplomats. [SO WHERE IS THIS 'PROOF' -- RIGHT NOW THIS IS JUST UNSUBSTANTIATED ACCUSATIONS, DENIALS - SPECULATION ANTI-RUSSIAN SPECULATION IN THE MEDIA, PAINTING RUSSIANS BLACK.] 

[NO WAY WOULD I BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF THE UKRAINE US-BACKED CAMP -- WE KNOW THE US RECORD AROUND THE WORLD.  NO MATTER WHAT THESE US-BACKED CLOWNS PRESENT, IT WILL BE SUSPECT.  LOOK AT THE WORLDWIDE DIRTY DEEDS DONE NOT SO CHEAP.]

But Russia kept up pressure on Kiev over the cross-border shell incident.

A Russian newspaper, citing a source close to the Kremlin, said on Monday that Moscow was considering the possibility of pinpoint strikes on Ukraine in retaliation.

Source - ABC News (Aust) - here.

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BBC Article

15 July 2014 Last updated at 11:34

Ukraine conflict: Jet bombs rebel-held town of Snizhne

A warplane has attacked a rebel-held town with rockets in eastern Ukraine, shattering homes and killing at least four people.

Rockets struck the town of Snizhne in Donetsk region around 07:00 (04:00 GMT), hitting a block of flats and a tax office.

The rebels blamed the attack on Ukraine's air force - a claim denied by Ukrainian sources.  

Security forces have been pushing the rebels back to the city of Donetsk.

Fighting has also raged in the neighbouring region of Luhansk, with rockets hitting a southern suburb of Luhansk city on Monday.

Nato says it has observed a significant increase of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border, bringing their number to up to 12,000. Russia had an estimated 40,000 troops in the area two months ago before pulling them back.

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Ukrainian officials have said that only Russia could have shot down a transport plane near the border on Monday but a Western defence expert cast doubt on the claim.

On Wednesday, EU leaders will discuss the possibility of further sanctions against Russia at their summit in Brussels. [SANCTIONS!  SANCTIONS! - TYPICAL.  ITS SO THAT WHEN THEY ESCALATE SANCTIONS ... THEY CAN 'JUSTIFY' THEM.  LOL.  IT'S THE BULD-UP OF THE DRAMA]
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Local officials said four people had been killed while a rebel spokesman told Russia's Interfax news agency that "about 10" civilians had been killed when a single Ukrainian jet fired five rockets.

Ukrainian Security Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko confirmed that the town had been bombed, with damage and casualties.

But he told reporters in Kiev that the town had been attacked by an unknown aircraft with the aim of discrediting Ukrainian government forces. [WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR EVIDENCE.]

Ukrainian defence analyst Dmitry Tymchuk argued on Facebook that the attack could only have been carried out by Russian jets as Ukrainian planes had carried out no flights since the An-26 transport plane was downed on Monday. [BIG ON ACCUSATION BUT SCANT ON EVIDENCE.]

It would be the first known occasion when a Russian warplane had become involved in the conflict, if true. 

[BUT YOUR CAREER MILITARY EXPERT (HEYMAN) DISMISSED THIS, SO WHY IS IT EVEN A SUBJECT OF THIS VAGUE SPECULATION?  ... SOWING CONFUSION?  BEFUDDLING READER? PAINTING RUSSIANS AS AGGRESSORS?]

Plane dispute

In Monday's incident, Ukrainian officials said the An-26 had been hit at an altitude of 6,500m (21,325ft) and must have been targeted with "a more powerful missile" than a shoulder-carried missile, "probably fired" from Russia.

When fully loaded, the plane can fly at 7,600m. [NOT ACCORDING TO THE WIKI ... 7,500m is the 'service ceiling' [wikipedia] 

[BUT, AGAIN, THIS IS DIVERSION...IT DOESN'T MATTER. 

However, defence analyst Charles Heyman, who edits a book called Armed Forces of the European Union, questioned the likelihood of the plane flying at high altitude.
He told the Associated Press news agency the missile was more likely to have been fired by rebels.

"I doubt the transport plane was flying at 6,500m," he said. "That doesn't make sense. The higher you fly, the more it costs, and the plane would have had to be pressurised. It was probably shot down using Sam-6 missiles owned by the rebels, which they have quite a few of."

Mr Lysenko said two of the plane's crew who survived appeared to have been captured by the rebels. Other members of the crew who did not manage to parachute to safety are believed to have been killed, with human remains found in the wreckage.

Rockets struck Luhansk's southern suburb of Mirny on Monday, setting cars on fire in a car park, as an unverified video posted on YouTube appears to show.

Both government and rebel forces are known to have multiple-rocket launchers in the region.

SOURCE - BBC News - here.

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COMMENT

BBC referred to Charles Heyman as 'defence analyst' and said he 'edits a book'.

Well, that's downgrading a man who is a distinguished career soldier - who served actively around the world - and a man who is also a military educator.

Heyman's said a Sam-6 was more likely to have been used.  So why are the BBC even speculating -- and the Australians following suit?

The SAM-6 are surface to air misiles, mounted on tank-like military vehicles with a big trio rockets mounted on top (that look like giant pencils pointed skywards).


Notice how the anti-Russian brigade get a hearing and it's all about their accusations getting an airing.  Meanwhile, the people killed are ignored.

SEE BELOW:
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ARTICLE - europeonline-magazine.eu

UNNOTICED NEWS - HERE 

High civilian death toll feared in rocket attacks in Ukraine

Europe
15.07.2014

Kiev/Moscow (dpa) - At least 12 civilians were killed in two days of rocket attacks in eastern Ukraine, authorities said Tuesday.

Four people were killed and four injured Tuesday when a house collapsed in Snizhne, a city between Donetsk and the border with Russia, the Donetsk regional administration said.

The administration did not say anything about the reason for the collapse, but local media reported Ukrainian forces had attacked separatist rebels with airstrikes in the area.

A rebel representative, Konstantin Knyrik, claimed 10 civilians had been killed by the airstrike.


...   rest of story @
SOURCE - europeonline-magazine.eu - here.

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