Jun 03, 2022, 00:56 am
The BBC has come under strong criticism on social media for removing a section of its report which described how Israelis attacked its own production team and chanted “Death to Arabs” during this weekend’s ‘Flag March’.
The media monitor News Sniffer, which detects when articles are edited or altered in anyway, picked up on the BBC changing text on May 29 in its report “Jerusalem Flag March: Israeli nationalists stream through Muslim Quarter”.
A side-by-side comparison of the original text next to the edited text.
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On May 30, at 5:28 UTC, the same day a Tweet from Mnar Adley (Director of MintPress News) went viral as it exposed the BBC’s own editing, News Sniffer detected that the BBC had added the following footnote:
“Update 30 May 2022: Abusive chants and threats which were made by some marchers against Palestinians have been included in this version of the story, in order to give a fuller picture of events. The report of the assault on the BBC team, removed as the story was updated, has been restored.”
The BBC has received criticism online over the issue, including from investigative journalist David Sheen who tweeted:
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/bbc-e...tion-crew/
https://www.newssniffer.co.uk/articles/2316003/diff/8/9
The media monitor News Sniffer, which detects when articles are edited or altered in anyway, picked up on the BBC changing text on May 29 in its report “Jerusalem Flag March: Israeli nationalists stream through Muslim Quarter”.
A side-by-side comparison of the original text next to the edited text.
On May 30, at 5:28 UTC, the same day a Tweet from Mnar Adley (Director of MintPress News) went viral as it exposed the BBC’s own editing, News Sniffer detected that the BBC had added the following footnote:
“Update 30 May 2022: Abusive chants and threats which were made by some marchers against Palestinians have been included in this version of the story, in order to give a fuller picture of events. The report of the assault on the BBC team, removed as the story was updated, has been restored.”
Quote:The BBC edits its reporting days later to omit the fact that Israeli settlers stacked their own production crew & were chanting "Death to Arabs" pic.twitter.com/NTa4jptnHk
— Mnar Adley (@MnarMuh) May 30, 2022
The BBC has received criticism online over the issue, including from investigative journalist David Sheen who tweeted:
Quote:Someone at the BBC wants anti-Palestinian pogroms to continue and increase in size and strength, so it steps in to whitewash the worst of the worst, giving the lynch mobs carte blanche https://t.co/1EHnuxzdFo
— David Sheen (@davidsheen) May 31, 2022
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/bbc-e...tion-crew/
https://www.newssniffer.co.uk/articles/2316003/diff/8/9