By Andrew L. Jaffee

In an article posted today on the BBC entitled “Israel warned off nuclear ‘folly,’” the author violates standard news story writing style guidelines (e.g., AP). Frances Harrison paraphrases — puts words into the mouth of — a subject of the article, but never provides an actual quotation by said subject. This is the usual anti-Israeli bias of the Beeb:

Mohammed Ali Hosseini said if Israel indulged in such stupidity, then the response of Iranian fighters would be emphatic, crushing and immediate.

Here’s the full context:

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has warned Tehran will not hesitate to retaliate with a crushing blow if Israel attacks its nuclear sites.
This follows comments by Israel’s deputy defence minister Ephraim Sneh.

He had suggested Israel could launch military strikes against Iranian nuclear installations as a last resort.

Mohammed Ali Hosseini said if Israel indulged in such stupidity, then the response of Iranian fighters would be emphatic, crushing and immediate.

Mr Hosseini said it would not take one second.

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Related: Israel, Iran, Political Correctness, Media/Blogsphere, Anti-Semitism

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