Context and the BBC

Stephen Pollard comments on the BBC's coverage of Israel's campaign against Hezbollah.

Across a picture of a blown up bridge, (Peter Marshall) remarked: "All this destruction. And still more threatened". As if the IDF was on some kind of wilful destruction spree, just for the hell of it. How about the reason why the bridge had been destroyed? Because Israel has been continually attacked by Hezbollah, and the IDF has to take action to prevent further such attacks.

This falsehood that civilised countries indulge in destruction for its own sake tells us nothing about how our side fights, but it speaks volumes about the MSM's mindset.

Meanwhile, Biased BBC has rather harsher words addressed directly at the BBC about their double standards of their coverage.

When Hamas and then Hizbollah attacked Israel you never troubled to tell us the legal status of the acts. When suicide bombers killed Israelis at pizza parlours and bar mitzvahs you never gave us any of this war crime schtick, although attacks targeted at non-combatants are the epitome of a war crime. "Terrorist" is a term with meaning in international law, yet when bombers murdered you own countrymen in London a year ago you were so anxious to avoid being judgemental that you had someone go through what your reporters had written in the heat and pity of the moment, carefully replacing the word "terrorist" with the word "bomber."