http://grayfalcon.blogspot.com/2008/07/combo-2-with-extra-cheese.html
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Combo #2, with extra cheese
While I'm pretty sure the BBC employs a political (correctness)
commissar, it definitely does not employ fact-checkers. I know, I
know, big surprise. But if they did, they would avoid such whoppers
as:
"Mr Karadzic declared independence for Bosnian Serbs in 1991..."Huh?
The "Serb Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina" (later renamed just Serb
Republic, Republika Srpska) was established in January 1992, following
an illegal decision by Muslim and Croat delegates to hold a referendum
on "Bosnian" independence. Isn't it great how the BBC puts the cart
before the horse?
Oh, but it gets better. Ever since Izetbegovic adopted the name
"Bosniak" for people who were previously known as Muslims (in
Izetbegovic's youth they were "Croats of Islamic faith," and in the
days of his grandfather, "Turks"), foreign journalists have been
thoroughly confused.
What's the difference between "Bosnian" and "Bosniak"? To them, none -
they've used both terms interchangeably since the war. And hey, if the
reporters can't tell the difference, and most of their audience can't
tell Bosnia from Botswana, no wonder the ploy to establish Bosnia as
the homeland of "Bosniaks" (with Serbs and Croats as vile interlopers)
seems to have succeeded.
So what is one to think of this line, used by BBC to describe what
Karadzic is wanted for:
He has been indicted for crimes against humanity and genocide over the
massacre of up to 8,000 mainly-Muslim Bosniaks at Srebrenica in 1995.
(emphasis added)What in the name of Political Correctness is
"mainly-Muslim"? Is that like "a little bit British" or maybe
"somewhat-American"?
So, let's see... I'll have a Serbophobia Special, extra cheese.
Ultra-size it, BBC, and don't worry about the facts. Not like your
audience gives a damn.
Posted by Gray Falcon at 14:12
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