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June 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Head of news admits reporters may have failed to explore both sides of the story
- Countries where regimes were not overthrown were ignored, says BBC Trust report by former UN director of communications
- Two thirds of mobile footage and other user-generated content was broadcast without any caveats
By
Paul Revoir
14:54 EST, 25 June 2012
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18:49 EST, 25 June 2012
The BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring has been heavily criticised – by the corporation’s bosses.
Head of news Helen Boaden admitted that her journalists got carried away with events and produced ‘over-excited’ reports.
She told a BBC Trust report that in Libya, where reporters were ‘embedded’ with rebels, they may have failed to explore both sides of the story properly.
Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen was among those criticised in the study into coverage of the uprisings, which found that ‘excitement’ did sometimes ‘infect’ the reporting, which some viewers described as ‘too emotive’ and ‘veering into opinion’.
The BBC’s coverage of major revolutions such as Libya, pictured. were prioritised over reporting from countries where regimes were not overthrown resulting in ‘insufficient’ coverage
The document, published yesterday,
also raised concerns about the corporation’s use of footage filmed on
mobile phones and other user-generated content. It noted that the BBC
failed to warn viewers with ‘caveats’ about the ‘authenticity’ of such
footage in 74 per cent of cases.
It also warned that the corporation ignored events in some countries as it concentrated on ‘big’ stories.
Miss Boaden is quoted saying: ‘In the
conflict in Egypt in the beginning . . . we might have sounded
over-excited – you can take on the colour of who you’re with. I had to
say “just be careful about your tone”.
‘In Libya too, where we were
essentially embedded [with the rebels] at the start, we might have
sounded over-excited – you have to be careful if you can’t get to the
other side of the story.’
While the report found that overall
the BBC’s coverage was ‘generally impartial’, it did raise concerns
about aspects of its reporting.
Journalist Edward Mortimer who authored the report said it was ‘a pity’ that reporting suffered on behalf of coverage of uprisings in countries like Egypt, pictured
Embarrassingly for Mr Bowen, it
suggested he should ‘travel a little less’ so he would have more time to
provide ‘insight’ and ‘strategic guidance’ to bosses.
The report’s author, former UN
director of communications Edward Mortimer, added that the BBC made
mistakes in its reporting of countries such as Bahrain, where he said
coverage was ‘rather sporadic’ and arguably insufficient.
The report added there should have
been ‘greater eagerness’ in covering the situation in Yemen and also
questioned coverage of Algeria, Morocco and Jordan.
Alison Hastings, chairman of the
trust’s editorial standards committee, said: ‘We’re keen to see if
improvements can be made . . . both in the scope of coverage to provide a
fuller picture of events, and in providing better context for
audiences.
‘We’ll ask the director of news to report back to us with an update in the autumn.’
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They,”may have failed to explore both sides of the story properly”…………well of course darlings,you’re the BBC and biased to the nth degree.It has been impossible for at least two decades, to take seriously any of the Beebs input.Happily,you are digging your own graves,some government,some day, will cave in to public demand and close you down.Roll on.
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BBC should rename itself as the Palestinian Broadcaster Corporation.
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I was very disappointed with the much trusted BBC World Service. I remember hearing a reporter on BBC saying that the ‘streets of Bahrain were deserted’. This came in just after a friend called advising me to take another route to work as he was stuck in traffic!
I felt the BBC was so one-sided and caused more harm than good.
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There was a rush to judgement by BBC and other news channels and not a thought was given to the government side or the outcome, which in HMO has made the world a more dangerous place.
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Just as the Left Wing Bias is all about their coverage of Politics in this country!
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I find that the only escape from the relentless propaganda churned out by the BBC especially in its Middle Eastern coverage, is to watch RT — the Russians take a far more balanced and informative approach to world news.
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Time to get rid of the BBC! Easy, just starve them of our cash…the end would be quick and painless…..
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What does this paper have against the BBC I don’t know,Remember It was BBC who put UK on the map,With it’s BBC world radio service,The world got to know about the UK,And we got to know about the world,We all should be very great full.I love the BBC.
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I made a complaint to the BBC at the time about this issue but they ignored it. And they will do it again over other issues because “left wing dogma” is the BBC’s raison d’être.
– Mark Rosenberg, Manchester , UK., 26/6/2012 00:56@@@@@@@@Of course they will ignore you. They know that the vast majority of the population respect the BBC and consider it unbiased, why should they listen to a handful of conspiracy nuts??
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“Over excited” but “generally impartial”.
Yeah right. BBC to impartiality is like chalk is to cheese.
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