How the BBC invents ‘new settlements’ with lax language
We have on many occasions documented the use of imprecise language in BBC reports which results in audiences being given inaccurate impressions of construction…
We have on many occasions documented the use of imprecise language in BBC reports which results in audiences being given inaccurate impressions of construction…
The White House expressed the view that the overwhelming majority of settlement construction is not an impediment to peace. However, most UK media reports on the announcement instead focused on the muted condemnation of new settlements and construction beyond existing settlement boundaries.
As was documented here earlier this month, in late December 2016 the BBC News website published a backgrounder titled “Israel and the Palestinians: Can…
Whatever one’s views on Israeli construction across the green line, the narrative often advanced in the UK media – of new settlements expanding at ‘a record pace’, eating away at ‘huge swaths’ of Palestinian territory and rendering a future Palestinian state nearly impossible – is, at best, extraordinarily misleading.
Earlier today, we heard back from Sky producers, informing us that they upheld our complaint and thanked us for bringing the information to their attention – particularly the AP correction.
One of the most frequently recurring topics in the BBC’s Israel-related related content is that of ‘settlements’ and particularly construction in the places described…
Subsequent U.S. administrations – through Obama – have maintained the same position. Though they’ve obviously disapproved of Israeli construction across the green line, they did not label them as “illegal”.
Beyond a few outspoken voices within the artistic community (and the editors at Haaretz), it’s difficult to find evidence of “a growing chorus of criticism” within the country over the national theatre company’s decision to perform in a community across the green line.
On September 13th an article titled “US approves record $38bn Israel military aid deal” was published on the BBC News website’s US & Canada…
As the Telegraph now acknowledges, the US does not consider the settlements to be “illegal” – opting instead for the non-legal designation of “illegitimate”.
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