Two recent reports by the BBC Jerusalem Bureau’s Kevin Connolly which once again amplified the messaging of the BDS campaign (see related articles below) referred obliquely to the Israeli company SodaStream.
On July 28th that company’s CEO, Daniel Birnbaum, testified to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. More information on the purpose and outcome of that hearing can be found here and here.
Mr Birnbaum’s testimony gives some insight into the attacks on his company by BDS campaigners – insight which BBC audiences are still lacking despite the corporation’s frequent promotion and mainstreaming of the subject.
Also appearing at the committee’s hearing was Professor Eugene Kontorovich of Northwestern University Law School.
It is of course long past time for the BBC to tell its audiences accurately and impartially what the BDS campaign is really about.
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More BBC mainstreaming of the anti-Israel BDS campaign – part two
More BBC mainstreaming of the anti-Israel BDS campaign – part three
