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Category Archives: BBC
The CIJA Sting from the Perspective of International Justice
The recent CIJA sting on Paul McKeigue revealed a serious lapse of judgement on his part. But what it reveals from the perspective of international justice is immeasurably more significant: a rift between CIJA and the international legal community it … Continue reading
How We’re Misled About Syria: UK Propaganda and the BBC
Previous posts about misleading Syria coverage – from MSF, Amnesty International, Channel 4 and George Monbiot of the Guardian – used the past tense in their title. However, this one is current. At the time of writing, the BBC is … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, disinformation, media, propaganda, Syria, UK Government, Uncategorized, war, White Helmets
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“Major Revelation” from OPCW whistleblower: Jonathan Steele speaking to the BBC
The following is a transcription of an interview given by Jonathan Steele (former Senior Middle East Correspondent for the Guardian) to Paul Henley, on the BBC World Service programme, Weekend, on 27 October 2019
Chemical Weapons In Syria? BBC Panorama Relies On Questionable Research
This is a press release issued by the Global Network for Syria (Corresponding author Baroness Cox <carolinecox1@outlook.com>) A joint investigation by BBC Panorama and BBC Arabic claimed to show how chemical weapons have been used by the Syrian Government as … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, chemical weapons, disinformation, guest blog, journalism, media, OPCW, Syria, Syrian opposition, Uncategorized, war, White Helmets
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Cynthia McKinney: To my new friends in the UK
Cynthia McKinney, renowned American politician, activist and academic, is currently visiting the UK. She has today shared some reflections on politics and media in UK via a public post on Facebook. Her words speak eloquently and powerfully, so I wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, constitutional politics, global justice, guest blog, human rights, journalism, media, Uncategorized, war
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White Helmets in Syria: some questions for our government
What should we – members of Western publics – think about the White Helmets? There is currently great controversy between journalists who present them unproblematically as heroes[1] and others who view them as problematically associated with terrorists.[2] There is evidently … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, disinformation, Guardian, journalism, media, propaganda, Syria, Syrian opposition, UK Government, Uncategorized, war, White Helmets
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White Helmets: who do they answer to?
The BBC Panorama programme, Jihadis You Pay For, revealed that the ‘Free Syrian Police’ (FSP) could not operate except by the leave of the terrorist brigades that together have a de facto monopoly of force within the areas they occupy. … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, journalism, media, propaganda, Syria, Syrian opposition, UK Government, Uncategorized, war, White Helmets
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UK Government Funds Terrorists In Syria?
On Saturday 2 December, Vanessa Beeley published an exposé, based on research in Syria, of how the UK government appears to have been financing terrorists. On Sunday 3rd December, The Guardian ran a story saying that reports of UK money … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, disinformation, Guardian, journalism, media, Syria, Syrian opposition, UK Government, Uncategorized, war
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Deceptive Documentaries
When we watch a documentary film I imagine most of us suppose it to be portraying factual information, not fiction. That, after all, is what would differentiate a documentary from other genres like drama or entertainment. With this assumption in … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, BBC, bullshit, Channel 4, disinformation, film, journalism, media, propaganda, Syria, Uncategorized, war, White Helmets
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BBC Complicity in Warmongering
The BBC has announced that ‘Syria’s government is continuing to make chemical weapons in violation of a 2013 deal to eliminate them’. But if you read past that opening statement, and get as far as the end of the article, … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, bullshit, disinformation, media, propaganda, Syria, UK Government, Uncategorized, war
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