Something has happened at the BBC

In a landmark departure from normal practice, the BBC has produced and aired a documentary on Turkey’s action on board the Mavi Marara earlier this summer. What is remarkable about this “Panorama” current-affairs programme is that the documentary, presented by Jane Corbin, gives an objective, neutral and factual presentation of views from both sides. And […]

That selective silence – again

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is not so much a political enigma, more a walking human rights tragedy and as such, a downright insult to democrats everywhere. On the subject of Sudan’s despot Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted by Interpol to face charges of genocide, Carl Bildt is strangely apathetic. In fact, he is […]

When does interest become obsession?

When does reporting the news slip seamlessly into manufacturing the news? And when does a constant barrage of negative publicity on the world’s sole Jewish nation – accompanied by the total exclusion of reporting on major news in surrounding Muslim nations – achieve official recognition as a political campaign? A state-funded political campaign, at that. […]