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There was a study about negative bias towards Israel at the BBC. It contradicts your explanation. Do you have a single example of a protest you try to summon h

There was a study about negative bias towards Israel at the BBC. It contradicts your explanation. Do you have a single example of a protest you try to summon here? I very much doubt it.

alkyon 1y ago
Do you mean a report by the Israeli-based lawyer Trevor Asserson, maybe? https://campaignformediastandards.org.uk/asserson-report.pdf https://campaignformediastandards.org.uk/asserson-report.pdf If so, then you're spreading misinformation. This is not a study. It's a report sponsored by Israel. It has flawed methodology and they made heavy use of ChatGPT. I rest my case.
rich_sasha 1y ago
> Do you have a single example of a protest you try to summon here? I very much doubt it Here's one example. The UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, faced calls to have her visit to the LSE cancelled by various groups, including Campaign Against Antisemitism and Union of Jewish Students. She was also called unfit for office by the US ambassador to the UN. On another occasion, an organization called UK Lawyers for Israel attacked an article in the Lancet, a medical journal, claiming a high projected death toll and decrease in health in Gaza as a result of the hostilities. A key point made by the organization was that the famine would help reduce obesity prevalent in the territory. UKLFI is an all-star group of legal heavyweights and not one you can easily cross. And since you ask for sources, could you kindly share yours please? > There was a study about negative bias towards Israel at the BBC. It contradicts your explanation. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/nov/11/pro-israel-campaigners-protest-against-un-special-rapporteurs-uk-visit https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/nov/11/pro-israel-camp... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/uk-lawyers-for-israel-condemned-over-claim-war-may-reduce-obesity-in-gaza https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/uk-lawyers-for...
- _DeadFred_ 1y ago
  You don't link to why she was called unfit. There are seemingly valid concerns with her ability to be an impartial UN Rapporteur as required for that position. The Lancet item was a letter, not an article. It is a speculative letter than was then pushed as a 'Lancet article' (something you do in your comment) to give it credibility/authority it does not have.
  - _DeadFred_ 1y ago
    More background on the UN Rapporteur: In July 2014, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese fundraised for her former employer UNRWA by posting that America is “subjugated by the Jewish lobby.” In January 2015, immediately following the Charlie Hebdo terror attack, Albanese posted an article from Iranian state-owned media PressTV with the title “CIA and Mossad carried out the Paris attack.” In November 2022, Albanese told a Hamas conference: “You have a right to resist.” On October 7th, 2023, as the Hamas massacre was still unfolding, Albanese minimized the atrocities by posting: “Today’s violence must be put in context.”
- raxxorraxor 1y ago
  You mean Albanese? Well, special rapporteur indeed. Objectively she isn't procecuted as she holds a high official position. I believe her to be unfit as well, but that isn't dangerous criticism and she isn't procecuted or in any form of danger. What the lawyers did is certainly tasteless, but it also doesn't fit procecution. I won't give you any sources, but these are utter trivialities to what some Jewish people have to endure. And I have yet to see a mob threatening anyone you mentioned, because they don't exist.
einszwei 1y ago
BBC had a report from 2006[1] which admitted that its coverage was biased towards Israel on top all the recent coverage. > - that a disparity (in favour of Israelis) existed in BBC coverage taken as a whole in the amount of talk time given to Israelis and Palestinians; Do you have any credible source that shows the opposite? [1]: https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/our_work/govs/panel_report_final.pdf https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/our_wo...
jasonm23 1y ago
Yes, the study certainly overrides anything your senses may be telling you.

There was a study about negative bias towards Israel at the BBC. It contradicts your explanation. Do you have a single example of a protest you try to summon here? I very much doubt it.

alkyon 1y ago

Do you mean a report by the Israeli-based lawyer Trevor Asserson, maybe? https://campaignformediastandards.org.uk/asserson-report.pdf https://campaignformediastandards.org.uk/asserson-report.pdf If so, then you're spreading misinformation. This is not a study. It's a report sponsored by Israel. It has flawed methodology and they made heavy use of ChatGPT. I rest my case.

rich_sasha 1y ago

> Do you have a single example of a protest you try to summon here? I very much doubt it Here's one example. The UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, faced calls to have her visit to the LSE cancelled by various groups, including Campaign Against Antisemitism and Union of Jewish Students. She was also called unfit for office by the US ambassador to the UN. On another occasion, an organization called UK Lawyers for Israel attacked an article in the Lancet, a medical journal, claiming a high projected death toll and decrease in health in Gaza as a result of the hostilities. A key point made by the organization was that the famine would help reduce obesity prevalent in the territory. UKLFI is an all-star group of legal heavyweights and not one you can easily cross. And since you ask for sources, could you kindly share yours please? > There was a study about negative bias towards Israel at the BBC. It contradicts your explanation. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/nov/11/pro-israel-campaigners-protest-against-un-special-rapporteurs-uk-visit https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/nov/11/pro-israel-camp... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/uk-lawyers-for-israel-condemned-over-claim-war-may-reduce-obesity-in-gaza https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/uk-lawyers-for...

_DeadFred_ 1y ago
You don't link to why she was called unfit. There are seemingly valid concerns with her ability to be an impartial UN Rapporteur as required for that position. The Lancet item was a letter, not an article. It is a speculative letter than was then pushed as a 'Lancet article' (something you do in your comment) to give it credibility/authority it does not have.
- _DeadFred_ 1y ago
  More background on the UN Rapporteur: In July 2014, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese fundraised for her former employer UNRWA by posting that America is “subjugated by the Jewish lobby.” In January 2015, immediately following the Charlie Hebdo terror attack, Albanese posted an article from Iranian state-owned media PressTV with the title “CIA and Mossad carried out the Paris attack.” In November 2022, Albanese told a Hamas conference: “You have a right to resist.” On October 7th, 2023, as the Hamas massacre was still unfolding, Albanese minimized the atrocities by posting: “Today’s violence must be put in context.”
raxxorraxor 1y ago
You mean Albanese? Well, special rapporteur indeed. Objectively she isn't procecuted as she holds a high official position. I believe her to be unfit as well, but that isn't dangerous criticism and she isn't procecuted or in any form of danger. What the lawyers did is certainly tasteless, but it also doesn't fit procecution. I won't give you any sources, but these are utter trivialities to what some Jewish people have to endure. And I have yet to see a mob threatening anyone you mentioned, because they don't exist.

einszwei 1y ago

BBC had a report from 2006[1] which admitted that its coverage was biased towards Israel on top all the recent coverage. > - that a disparity (in favour of Israelis) existed in BBC coverage taken as a whole in the amount of talk time given to Israelis and Palestinians; Do you have any credible source that shows the opposite? [1]: https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/our_work/govs/panel_report_final.pdf https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/our_wo...

jasonm23 1y ago

Yes, the study certainly overrides anything your senses may be telling you.