END WAR: British Propaganda (BBC) Prods US For Military Action In Libya; Inserts Rwanda Genocide

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The BBC And Iraq: Myth and Reality by John Pilger December 5, 2003
In his latest column, John Pilger highlight's the recent criticism of American television reporting of Iraq by BBC Director-General Greg Dyke. The US networks' coverage of the invasion, said Dyke, was "cheerleading for government." But what of the BBC's own coverage of Iraq? What are the facts behind the BBC's relentless myth-making about its objectivity and impartiality? Are these merely "principles to be suspended whenever the established order is threatened"?

Greg Dyke, the BBC's director general, has attacked American television reporting of Iraq. "For any news organisation to act as a cheerleader for government is to undermine your credibility," he said. "They should be... balancing their coverage, not banging the drum for one side or the other." He said research showed that, of 840 experts interviewed on American news programmes during the invasion of Iraq, only four opposed the war. "If that were true in Britain, the BBC would have failed in its duty."

Did Dyke say all this with a straight face? Let's look at what research shows about the BBC's reporting of Iraq. Media Tenor, the non-partisan, Bonn-based media research organisation, has examined the Iraq war reporting of some of the world's leading broadcasters, including the US networks and the BBC. It concentrated on the coverage of opposition to the war.

The second-worst case of denying access to anti-war voices was ABC in the United States, which allowed them a mere 7 per cent of its overall coverage. The worst case was the BBC, which gave just 2 per cent of its coverage to opposition views -- views that represented those of the majority of the British people. A separate study by Cardiff University came to the same conclusion. The BBC, it said, had "displayed the most pro-war agenda of any [British] broadcaster."

Consider the first Newsnight broadcast after the greatest political demonstration in British history on 15 February. The studio discussion was confined to interviews with a Tory member of the House of Lords, a Tory MP, an Oxford don, an LSE professor, a commentator from the Times and the views of the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw. Not one marcher was invited to participate, not one representative of the two million who had filled London in protest. Instead, a political reporter, David Grossman, asked perversely: "What about the millions who didn't march? Was going to the DIY store or watching the football on Saturday a demonstration of support for the government?"

A constant theme of the BBC's Iraq coverage is that Anglo-American policy, although capable of "blunders," is essentially benign, even noble. Thus, amazingly, Matt Frei, the BBC's Washington correspondent, declared on 13 April: "There's no doubt that the desire to bring good, to bring American values to the rest of the world, and especially now to the Middle East... is now increasingly tied up with military power." The same "good" military power had just slaughtered at least 15,000 people in an illegal, unprovoked attack on a largely defenceless country.

No doubt touched by this goodness, Newsnight's Kirsty Wark asked General Sir Mike Jackson, Chief of the General Staff, if "coalition" troops "are really powerless to help civilians targeted by Iraqi forces in Basra." Clearly, she felt no need to check the veracity of the British claim that Iraqi forces had been targeting civilians in Basra, a claim that proved to be baseless propaganda.

During the bombing of Serbia in 1999, Wark interviewed another general, Wesley Clark, the Nato commander. The Serbian city of Nis -- had just been sprayed with American cluster bombs, killing women, old people and children caught in the open: the horrific handiwork of one of Nato's "precision-guided" missiles, of which only 2 per cent hit military targets. Wark asked not a single question about this, or about any civilian deaths.

These are not isolated examples, but the BBC "style." What matters is that the received wisdom dominates and is protected. When a US missile killed 62 people at a market in Baghdad, BBC News affected a fake "who can tell who's responsible?" neutrality, a standard technique when the atrocity is "ours." On Newsnight, a BBC commentator dismissed the carnage with these words: "It's a war after all... But the coalition aim is to unseat Saddam Hussein by winning hearts and minds." His voice trailed over images of grieving relatives.

Regardless of the spat over Andrew Gilligan's attempt to tell the truth about the Blair government's lying, the BBC's amplifying of government lies about a "threat" from Iraq was routine. Typically on 7 January, BBC1's 6pm news bulletin reported that British army reservists were being called up "to deal with the continuing threat posed by Iraq." What threat?

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[Jamietheduke]

What is happening in Libya, if left unstopped, will descend into a Rawanda scenario. Gaddafi's thugs are manipulating public opinion in the west, by eliciting anti-war sentiments. Also, being attacked by discredited figures and channels, may serve you well in the right circumstances, and this is what is happening with gaddafi. He was murdering his people, because they went on pro-change protests. When they took up arms to defend cities and rid themselves from the tyrant, they are now blamed.

[VexZeez]

@Jamietheduke Puppet account making false accusations.

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[VexZeez]

"In high secrecy, Lord Reith wrote anti-union speeches for the Tory Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and broadcast them to the nation, while refusing to allow the labor leaders to put their side until the strike was over." -- Journalist John Pilger On Lord Reith, The Founder Of BBC

"Impartiality was a principle certainly: a principle to be suspended whenever the establishment was under threat. And that principle has been upheld ever since." -- Journalist John Pilger On The BBC

[ziebesten]

What would you do if you were gadaffi? You have to defend an uprising and they are armed with guns and rpgs. Of course you will have to use similar or greater force. Im not saying hes a good man/leader but i cant see how he has overstepped the mark. Hes just defended rebel attacks and retaliated. No one was bothered about Mugabe! Certainly to this extent. Once again the war profiteers are at work. We get bombarded with one sided bullshit propaganda. An the majority of our country falls for it.

[Peaceinlifenowar]

@Jamietheduke atleast you understand the situation from the 2 Million other sheep. Thank you

[Makaveli175]

Main Reasons:

1: Gaddafi wouldn't bow down to the Rothschild banking cartel.

2: Purposed African Satellite

3: AMF:African Monetary Fund - No Central Bank, own currency - Bank of Investment: To control most investments in Africa

5: Gaddafi was returning to a gold standard.

6: Libya sits on Africa's largest oil and natural gas reserves.

7: A few weeks before Libya was invaded, Gaddafi had decided to sell his oil to only Russia, China and India which USA did not like.

[ukpropaganda]

Y'know what I like best with these BBC/Sky/ITN reports?

The 'talking scarf' or the 'talking silhouette-in-a-dark-room-with­-an-actor's-voice'.

And we are expected to believe this propaganda?

[MarkB1ngham]

The BEEB are now going on about Gadaffi troops OD-ing viagra, officially dispensed to them, raping rebel women. They've 'cried wolf' too many times and we're weary of it, especially when WE PAY for this propaganda crap!

[theblogoftheblogs]

lol yes yes ....

[MrFloydc2]

@VexZeez hahaha!!

[davidxxxesp1]

total propaganda bs,just watched itv coverage of young boy being hit by some bomb to justify there involvement and using d u again,what a load of crap,why dont they show the millions of men women and children they have murdered and inffected with DU in iraq,its just bbc itv bull as usual.seriously you cannot believe anything that comes from these waring nations in the west there a disgrace to humanity

[shadowofears]

@VexZeez Dear dont believe these Americans Just remember Iraq Honestly telling you living under bloody dictators is more peaceful than lying under occupied rulers.Sadam was bad but he prevented his country from sectarian violance.what did America do used tons of DU in Iraq.same thing Obama is doing in libya!