Posted by David Bernstein: A <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3724.shtml";>remarkable interview</a>
with a former BBC Middle Eastern correspondent who actually thinks BBC coverage is too pro-Israel. Among other things, he (1) justifies suicide murders; (2) compares Ariel Sharon unfavorably with Yasser Arafat; (3) claims that the Syrian occupation of Lebanon (a sovereign country) was not really an occupation, unlike the Israeli occupation of "Palestine" (a country that did not exist when Israel "occupied" the land in question); and (4) criticizes the BBC for what he considers an attempt to have balanced coverage of the conflict--instead, he thinks the BBC should openly side with the Palestinians. I have no idea whether this guy's sentiments are, or have been, widely shared among BBC correspondents, but if so it explains a lot. (Via [1]Little Green Footballs) References 1. http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://highsorcery.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
