Almost uniquely among news organisations the British Broadcasting Corporation has a duty to impartiality that is not just implied by the professional journalism they claim to practice but also legally by Royal Charter:"The BBC is required to deliver duly impartial news by the Royal Charter and Agreement and to treat controversial subjects with due impartiality"[BBC Trust Editorial Standards].
The full petition:Modify the BBC Gaza boilerplate "on the Palestinian side more than [whatever is their current claim] have been killed, the majority of them civilians" to "Hamas sources claim [whatever is their current claim] have been killed, the majority of them civilians. However Israeli sources strenuously contest this claim as to both the total number and the percentage of those killed who can be claimed to be civilian".
The BBC Gaza boilerplate has been consistently"on the Palestinian side more than [whatever is their current claim] have been killed, the majority of them civilians"generally without mentioning their source by Hamas who have a clear interest in both exaggerating the total and the composition. As seen in the previous 2008-9conflict in Gaza also known as Operation Cast Lead Hamas figures can not be relied on.
Less frequently the BBCattributes thefigures to the United Nations. In Gaza well over 95% of UN employees are local Palestinians. The majority and definitely most of those in decision making positions have a strong Hamas connection.
By consistently treating casualty figures in the current Israel/Gaza conflict, usually not acknowledging that they have been provided by the Hamas Ministry of Health, a clearly biased source, as an undisputed fact the BBC are in breach of both their legal and ethical obligations toimpartiality. As they are well aware that other analysis disputes both claims they are obliged, as a minimum, to inform their readers/viewers/listeners that the figures may be other than claimed and any implication drawn from those figures may therefore be faulty.
Israeli sources strenuously contest both the total number and the percentage of those killed who can be claimed to be civilian.
The Hamas total figures are alleged toinclude double and triple counting; persons who died from natural causes in that period and persons executed by Hamas for alleged collaboration. The claim that 'the majority of them are civilians' has been disputed by ananalysis of names of the deceased with known members of military-type organisations.
When Hamas realised that Israel was checking the names against known members of terrorist organisations they ordered that names be withheld. However ages (also disputed in some cases) and gender has been released showing that themajority of dead were men of fighting age while women and children are much less represented than their proportion of the Gaza population would indicate.This strongly suggests that the combatant/non-combatant ratio is much lower than claimed and indeed is much lower than in any recent, similar conflict over the world.
As the BBC complaints system is known for its Byzantine rules and slowness, a complaint, even if acknowledged, would most likely be dealt with so far in the future that the biased figures will have become 'history by repetition'. Consequently we have decided to petition both the BBC and its governing body the BBC Trust in the hope that thousands of signatures will persuade them to impartiality, at least in this one issue.
[The photograph illustrating this petition illustrates the dual identity of a dead operative in the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Left: Death notice for Mohammed Mounir Ashour posted by the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (paldf.net, July 11, 2014).Right: Mohammed Mounir Ashour in a Palestinian police uniform.]
More on the reasoning behind this petition at ... and the majority were not civilianshttp://5mfi.com/and-the-majority-were-not-civilian/
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Reached 500 supporters
September 4, 2014
September 2, 2014
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people have joined this cause. We are nearly at five hundred signatures and I truly believe that reaching this goal will show the BBC that their reporting really matters to us. Please help us cross this threshold so we can bring this request to their attention with real weight behind it.
Reached 100 supporters
August 26, 2014
322 Comments
For many years to BBC ha consistently broadcast seriously biased reports against Israel.It is also guilty of biased reporting on a arange of other topics and im my opinion should not receive state funding until this is addressed.
BBC has the responsibility to keep community cohesion by reporting circumspectly, as it has learned from past history that Hamas and its affiliations will usually say what suits their purposes. Any trouble or racism in the community, due to its biased reporting needs to be owned.
Disgraceful misreporting by BBC. They should be held accountable for the rise in anti-Semitism. Changing these boilerplates is the very bare minimum in order to right some of the many, many wrongful misreportings.
Hamas's rockets would have killed thousands if not for the Iron Dome, do you think the thousands of rockets launched into Israel were meant to do no harm? Report both sides! Who wants the rockets to stop but wont agree to cease fires? How hard is this to figure out!
Why can't the reporters and news readers ever put Irael first eg..Israel was fired upon so hit terrists in Gaze instead of Israel hit Gaza causing damage etc. it's as if you want everyone to believe Israel is doing this with no reason.
BBC SHOULD BE
This is probably too late but it's applicable to all news distortions by the BBC (Bloody Bullshit Corporation)
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Almost uniquely among news organisations the British Broadcasting Corporation has a duty to impartiality that is not just implied by the professional journalism they claim to practice but also legally by Royal Charter:"The BBC is required to deliver duly impartial news by the Royal Charter and Agreement and to treat controversial subjects with due impartiality"[BBC Trust Editorial Standards].
The full petition:Modify the BBC Gaza boilerplate "on the Palestinian side more than [whatever is their current claim] have been killed, the majority of them civilians" to "Hamas sources claim [whatever is their current claim] have been killed, the majority of them civilians. However Israeli sources strenuously contest this claim as to both the total number and the percentage of those killed who can be claimed to be civilian".
The BBC Gaza boilerplate has been consistently"on the Palestinian side more than [whatever is their current claim] have been killed, the majority of them civilians"generally without mentioning their source by Hamas who have a clear interest in both exaggerating the total and the composition. As seen in the previous 2008-9conflict in Gaza also known as Operation Cast Lead Hamas figures can not be relied on.
Less frequently the BBCattributes thefigures to the United Nations. In Gaza well over 95% of UN employees are local Palestinians. The majority and definitely most of those in decision making positions have a strong Hamas connection.
By consistently treating casualty figures in the current Israel/Gaza conflict, usually not acknowledging that they have been provided by the Hamas Ministry of Health, a clearly biased source, as an undisputed fact the BBC are in breach of both their legal and ethical obligations toimpartiality. As they are well aware that other analysis disputes both claims they are obliged, as a minimum, to inform their readers/viewers/listeners that the figures may be other than claimed and any implication drawn from those figures may therefore be faulty.
Israeli sources strenuously contest both the total number and the percentage of those killed who can be claimed to be civilian.
The Hamas total figures are alleged toinclude double and triple counting; persons who died from natural causes in that period and persons executed by Hamas for alleged collaboration. The claim that 'the majority of them are civilians' has been disputed by ananalysis of names of the deceased with known members of military-type organisations.
When Hamas realised that Israel was checking the names against known members of terrorist organisations they ordered that names be withheld. However ages (also disputed in some cases) and gender has been released showing that themajority of dead were men of fighting age while women and children are much less represented than their proportion of the Gaza population would indicate.This strongly suggests that the combatant/non-combatant ratio is much lower than claimed and indeed is much lower than in any recent, similar conflict over the world.
As the BBC complaints system is known for its Byzantine rules and slowness, a complaint, even if acknowledged, would most likely be dealt with so far in the future that the biased figures will have become 'history by repetition'. Consequently we have decided to petition both the BBC and its governing body the BBC Trust in the hope that thousands of signatures will persuade them to impartiality, at least in this one issue.
[The photograph illustrating this petition illustrates the dual identity of a dead operative in the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Left: Death notice for Mohammed Mounir Ashour posted by the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (paldf.net, July 11, 2014).Right: Mohammed Mounir Ashour in a Palestinian police uniform.]
More on the reasoning behind this petition at ... and the majority were not civilianshttp://5mfi.com/and-the-majority-were-not-civilian/
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
September 4, 2014
September 2, 2014
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people have joined this cause. We are nearly at five hundred signatures and I truly believe that reaching this goal will show the BBC that their reporting really matters to us. Please help us cross this threshold so we can bring this request to their attention with real weight behind it.
Reached 100 supporters
August 26, 2014
322 Comments
Time for the media to take some responsibility. Coming out of Gaza weeks after spreading the news to then say there has been pressure on journalists and not all news had been verified prior to broadcast/reporting - is not good enough! The truth is out there, you just have to report it!
For many years to BBC ha consistently broadcast seriously biased reports against Israel.It is also guilty of biased reporting on a arange of other topics and im my opinion should not receive state funding until this is addressed.
BBC has the responsibility to keep community cohesion by reporting circumspectly, as it has learned from past history that Hamas and its affiliations will usually say what suits their purposes. Any trouble or racism in the community, due to its biased reporting needs to be owned.
Disgraceful misreporting by BBC. They should be held accountable for the rise in anti-Semitism. Changing these boilerplates is the very bare minimum in order to right some of the many, many wrongful misreportings.
Hamas's rockets would have killed thousands if not for the Iron Dome, do you think the thousands of rockets launched into Israel were meant to do no harm? Report both sides! Who wants the rockets to stop but wont agree to cease fires? How hard is this to figure out!
Why can't the reporters and news readers ever put Irael first eg..Israel was fired upon so hit terrists in Gaze instead of Israel hit Gaza causing damage etc. it's as if you want everyone to believe Israel is doing this with no reason.
BBC SHOULD BE
This is probably too late but it's applicable to all news distortions by the BBC (Bloody Bullshit Corporation)
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Time for the media to take some responsibility. Coming out of Gaza weeks after spreading the news to then say there has been pressure on journalists and not all news had been verified prior to broadcast/reporting - is not good enough! The truth is out there, you just have to report it!