BBC Watch: Conservative vs. Right-wing

December 10, 2005, 5:05 pm

What’s wrong with this picture? The BBC describes Iran’s appointed President Ahmadinejad as “conservative,” but a democratically elected Israeli politician as “right-wing.”

Ahmadinejad just publicly denied that the Holocaust ever occurred, called for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from Israel, and in October demanded that Israel “be wiped off the map.”

So, in the BBC’s eyes, a transparently elected official who has never made such inflammatory statements is further to the “right” than a genocidal maniac pursuing nuclear weapons?

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2 Responses to “BBC Watch: Conservative vs. Right-wing”

1. netwmd.com - The War to Mobilize Democracy » Blog Archive » BBC Watch: Presence vs. Occupation Says:
   December 14th, 2005 at 11:59 am

   […] Again I ask, “What’s wrong with this picture?” The BBC today described Syria’s brutal occupation of Lebanon as a “29-year-old military presence” while it continually refers to Israel’s security measures in the Palestinian territories as an “occupation.” […]

2. netwmd.com - The War to Mobilize Democracy » Blog Archive » Iran’s Ahmadinejad Reiterates Holocaust Denial Says:
   December 14th, 2005 at 1:22 pm

   […] Remember though, according to the BBC, Ahmadinejad is “conservative” — not a genocidal maniac. […]

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