{"id":1026,"date":"2010-06-01T08:52:28","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T07:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raymondcook.net\/blog\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2011-05-18T16:12:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T15:12:37","slug":"bbc-bias-complaints-contrasting-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raymondcook.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/06\/01\/bbc-bias-complaints-contrasting-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC bias complaints: contrasting reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When pro-Israeli groups in the UK \u00a0believe the BBC to be biased they write in, make phone calls, blog, write letters to newspapers.<\/p>\n

When the anti-Israel elements think the BBC is biased they resort to violence.<\/p>\n

BBC studios in Manchester have been attacked<\/a> by a mob of 800 protesters.<\/p>\n

More than 800 people marched through the city centre and down Oxford Road, where the crowd surged at the BBC’s entrance, smashing its front doors.<\/em><\/p>\n

One man climbed to the top of the building to plant a Palestinian flag and there were at least three arrests.<\/em><\/p>\n

Protesters said they were also angry about the BBC’s coverage of Israel.<\/em>…<\/em><\/p>\n

Protesters from the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, who organised the demonstration, chanted slogans including: “BBC tell the truth.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Protesters smashed glass doors and there were at least three arrests<\/em>…<\/em><\/p>\n

Talat Ali, 40, organizer from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign said: “This is a peaceful demonstration against the attack that has taken place on the Gaza flotilla.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, about as peaceful as the terrorists who ambushed Israeli commandos.<\/p>\n

“We are not happy with the way commanders boarded vessels and butchered people.<\/em><\/p>\n

“We are not happy with the biased news given by the BBC.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is it not ironic that when the BBC finally becomes more even-handed in its coverage this upsets those with a mindset that is impervious to truth and evidence.<\/p>\n

This is intimidation of a free press. The protesters should know that this is not Iran – not yet, anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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