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BBC Slams Own Presenter for ‘Misleading’ Claim that Israel Killed ‘Lots of Palestinian Kids’

  

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Via:  buzz-of-the-orient  •  6 years ago  •  18 comments

BBC Slams Own Presenter for ‘Misleading’ Claim that Israel Killed ‘Lots of Palestinian Kids’

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BBC Slams Own Presenter for ‘Misleading’ Claim that Israel Killed ‘Lots of Palestinian Kids’

By: United with Israel Staff, United With Israel, June 24 2018

“In the absence of any evidence to support the reference to ‘lots’ of children being killed at the time of transmission, it seems to us to have risked misleading audiences on a material point,” the BBC said of Andrew Marr’s reporting.

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The BBC's Andrew Marr (Screenshot)

The BBC  has found its senior presenter Andrew Marr guilty of breaching editorial guidelines with a “misleading” claim that Israel had killed “lots of Palestinian kids” while it defended its southern border with Gaza from the onslaught of rioters.

The UK’s Daily Mail , which reported on the BBC’s ruling, underscored that the Corporation’s “extraordinary ruling against one of its most senior personalities is almost unprecedented.”

The ruling comes following a complaint submitted by journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti about comments Marr made on his program on April 8, during which he alleged at the conclusion of a discussion of the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons attack on civilians that “the Middle East is aflame again. I mean there’s lots of Palestinian kids being killed further south as well by Israeli forces.”

Sacerdoti, a founding trustee of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, explained, “When talking about a story on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, Andrew Marr for some reason decided to talk about Israel (which was unrelated anyway). He stated there’s a lot of Palestinian kids being killed further south by Israeli forces. This is completely incorrect and is made up. This was irrelevant to the conversation on Syria… and also actually completely false.”

BBC producers initially tried to defend Marr’s comments by pointing to the fact that five “younger people” had been killed between the beginning of the year and the date of the program.

They also said several Palestinian children and younger people were killed in the week following the broadcast, but Sacerdoti argued that later events could not be used to justify Marr’s comments.

His complaint has been upheld.

Fraser Steel, head of executive complaints at the BBC, wrote to Sacerdoti that the BBC’s guidelines require that output is “well sourced” and based “on sound evidence”.

“In the absence of any evidence to support the reference to ‘lots’ of children being killed at the time of transmission, it seems to us to have risked misleading audiences on a material point ,” he added, according to the Daily’s Mail’ s report.

The report did not say if any action would be taken against Marr or if he would issue an apology.

The  BBC has been criticized  in the past on multiple occasions for its anti-Israel agenda and even its  false reporting on events  in Israel.

In July 2017, former chairman of the BBC Lord Michael Grade  blasted the network for its biased coverage  of Palestinian terror attacks.

Specifically, Grade took the BBC to task for its outrageously misleading coverage of the murder of a 23-year-old Israeli policewoman by Palestinian terrorists, which the BBC reported under the headline, “Three Palestinians killed after deadly stabbing in Jerusalem.”

“If the BBC can get this wrong,” Grade said, “it is little wonder that Israel finds it so hard to put aside the idea that some critics are motivated by something more sinister than political commentary.”

While the media has  denied its bias  against the Jewish State,  numerous documented incidents  of  media bias  and unprofessional journalism demonstrate that there is indeed systemic bias on the part of the foreign press in Israel.





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Buzz of the Orient
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1  seeder  Buzz of the Orient    6 years ago

Is it any wonder why anti-Semitism and Israel-bashing is increasing world-wide?  As pointed out in the article, the mainstream media, and as I have pointed out previously, even the North American mainstream media is capable of influencing and promoting anti-Semitism and Israel-bashing by the wording of their headlines and the burial in their articles of what REALLY happened. Mr. Marr should perhaps have provided some balance to his commentary with THIS truth:

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Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
3  seeder  Buzz of the Orient    6 years ago

Now even the ultra-biased against Israel United Nations disagrees with him.

 
 
 
MrFrost
Professor Guide
3.1  MrFrost  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3    6 years ago

Removed.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
3.1.1  seeder  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  MrFrost @3.1    6 years ago

Well, for someone who said he would never have anything to do with my comments again I'm somewhat surprised - I would have preferred you to be a man of your word.  Didn't you post this a couple of days ago?

"You will not see me participating in any of your discussions from here on out."

 
 
 
MrFrost
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4  MrFrost    6 years ago

I have been to Israel a couple of times. Great people, very compassionate, warm, welcoming and the food....OMG...the food is amazing. So what is the problem with Israel? It's not the people....it's their leader. Bibi is the biggest terrorist in the ME. He wants to make sure that he has nukes, and no one else does. Get rid of Bibi and Israel will be just fine. Bibi's own wife is using some of the 8 billion dollars a year the US taxpayers give to Israel for........wait for it....fraud. "Miss-use of public funds". 

Enough is enough. Israel needs to be cut off. I love the people of Israel... I really do, they are fantastic people, but they need a leader that is not a terrorist. Nuf said.

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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4.1  Greg Jones  replied to  MrFrost @4    6 years ago
Bibi is the biggest terrorist in the ME. He wants to make sure that he has nukes, and no one else does. Get rid of Bibi and Israel will be just fine.

What's terrorist about him? Responding when Hamas, using human shields of old people, women, and kids, lobs rockets at his people? In case you haven't looked lately, the prime directive of most Arabs and Muslims is still and for always, the destruction of Israel.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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4.1.1  seeder  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Greg Jones @4.1    6 years ago

There are a number of NT members who despise Netanyahu.  I suppose they think a Mahatma Gandhi or a Jimmy Carter would be more effective in defending Israel from the surrounding people who have sworn to destroy Israel and annihilate its people.

 
 
 
Colour Me Free
Senior Quiet
4.1.2  Colour Me Free  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @4.1.1    6 years ago

I never knew much about Netanyahu .. other than his strong defense of and dedication to Israel, until I research him when the Obama administration was supportive of his opponent  - you have probably seen this, but figured I would post it … perhaps some can gain a bit of insight into the man, outside of what the US media has to say about him..

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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4.1.3  seeder  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Colour Me Free @4.1.2    6 years ago

Sorry, even the trailier doesn't open for me.

 
 
 
MrFrost
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4.1.4  MrFrost  replied to  Greg Jones @4.1    6 years ago
What's terrorist about him?

You didn't read my post at all did you?

 
 
 
Steve Ott
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5  Steve Ott    6 years ago

You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

So are you saying that even those Israelis, living in Israel, those who have been a part of its military, if they speak against what is happening, are anti-semitic? 

 
 
 
Cerenkov
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5.1  Cerenkov  replied to  Steve Ott @5    6 years ago

If they hold Israel to a different standard, yes.

 
 
 
Steve Ott
Professor Quiet
5.1.1  Steve Ott  replied to  Cerenkov @5.1    6 years ago
If they hold Israel to a different standard, yes.
A different standard than what? And who defines what the standard is, Cerenkov? Aggression is aggression isn't it? Killing is killing isn't it? What is the standard? Is the standard that Israel is right in whatever it does? Israel can do no wrong? Israel is the chosen of god? 
Come on Cerenkov, give me something more than a one line non-sequitur. 
 
 
 
Cerenkov
Professor Silent
5.1.2  Cerenkov  replied to  Steve Ott @5.1.1    6 years ago

I think you are being coy. If the actions taken by Israel against genocidal terrorists are judged by a different standard, the judges are antisemitic by definition. Its pretty simple.

 
 
 
Steve Ott
Professor Quiet
5.1.3  Steve Ott  replied to  Cerenkov @5.1.2    6 years ago

Then there is a fairly sizable number of former Israeli army who are antisemitic. Seems like an oxymoron to me. 

Israeli Occupation Archive

 
 
 
MrFrost
Professor Guide
6  MrFrost    6 years ago

Two way street....

Israeli violence against Palestinians will never end as a result of UN & US hypocrisy

During peaceful protests on March 30 in eastern Gaza, an unarmed Palestinian man walked on farmland towards the fence built by his occupiers. Within minutes, he was shot by one of the 100 Israeli special forces snipers deployed along the fence precisely to quash dissent—by any means necessary—under the old pretext of " self-defense ."

On the same day, a Palestinian woman, armed solely with a flag, walked towards the fence which has imprisoned her for so many years. She, too, was targeted by one of the snipers.

Among the 17 killed that day was a 16-year-old girl and a 27-year-old farmer, the latter killed by Israeli tank fire.

 
 

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