tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post4220555831822465327..comments2024-01-04T19:27:02.335-08:00Comments on Zenpolitics: War deaths in Iraq - what the BBC don't Trust us to knowJohn Hilleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10072819649049077782noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-8108665776123357772013-10-10T00:47:33.553-07:002013-10-10T00:47:33.553-07:00I assume you're speaking figuratively?
The i...I assume you're speaking figuratively? <br /><br />The important thing to note here is the greater reticence of the BBC in openly challenging either the foreign policies/war practices of the British state or its core allies, with particular editorial sensitivity reserved for Israel. John Hilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072819649049077782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-550716921930490882013-10-08T08:42:03.416-07:002013-10-08T08:42:03.416-07:00Why should this surprise us? The BBC censor board ...Why should this surprise us? The BBC censor board sits in Tel Aviv. And along with it, Reuters and AP too. Rubbish all of them.wargabebashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09143446179327985801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-64531671119553082062013-09-12T01:38:04.632-07:002013-09-12T01:38:04.632-07:00Thanks Anil. Your own resilient efforts in such ma...Thanks Anil. Your own resilient efforts in such matters are greatly appreciated.<br /><br />Anon, thanks too. Yes, the great pecking order of human lives and relative indifference to others' suffering. <br /><br />All of which confirms the massive daily propaganda process serving to keep us in a state of selfish isolation. <br /><br />And yet, for all that, the wide resistance to war on Syria is an encouraging sign that people, even in their inward lives, do increasingly recognise and reject the mendacious media-fed agenda of the warmongers and their spurious claims to 'humanitarian intervention'. John Hilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072819649049077782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-41981340809771303082013-09-11T18:25:44.247-07:002013-09-11T18:25:44.247-07:00Well done, John. Keep exposing their instuitional ...Well done, John. Keep exposing their instuitional bias for everyone to see. Anil Nettohttp://anilnetto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-90909600039228437722013-09-11T16:00:39.739-07:002013-09-11T16:00:39.739-07:00Sadly most people really don't seem to be inte...Sadly most people really don't seem to be interested in the truth, they are more interested in fantasy, they want to know who is going to win X Factor, whats going to happen in the next episode of Coronation Street, or what Paris Hilton wore last night.<br /><br />People dying in Iraq or elsewhere is an abstract alien concept to them, except when it's someone dying on the streets of London and therefore clearly extremely important and more newsworthy than over 100,000 dying in Iraq. <br /><br />Human lives clearly are given wildly different values worldwide but I never seem to find any comment on discussion pertaining to that.<br /><br />Keep up the good work.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-7682532896237954532013-09-11T15:43:02.565-07:002013-09-11T15:43:02.565-07:00Thanks, Michael. Yes, indeed. It's really quit...Thanks, Michael. Yes, indeed. It's really quite staggering to think about the BBC's key part in serving to disguise the deaths of literally hundreds of thousands of people. John Hilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072819649049077782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-28818669520229258092013-09-11T10:55:39.077-07:002013-09-11T10:55:39.077-07:00Powerful stuff John.
Truthful reply:
"We at...Powerful stuff John.<br /><br />Truthful reply:<br /><br />"We at the BBC believe that the British public want to be presented with a self image that is flattering, and part of that flattering self image involves believing that they are informed and caring people, which is the only reason we report on the deaths of Unpeople during our colonialist excursions at all.<br /><br />We believe people like you John are just an aberration, most people just want the spoils of Empire with non of the guilt."Michael Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098657991123067485noreply@blogger.com