Jeremy Bowen's views on the expulsion


By Blacklisted Dictator
March 24, 2010
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The attached, from The BBC website's report on the expulsion of the Israeli diplomat, is quite classick. What does he mean by "a government like the British"? Is the implication that it is particularly cautious? Or that it has an innate sense of fair play?....

The BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen said the expulsion sent a "very clear message" of British disapproval.

"It is a very big step for a government like the British to expel one of the diplomats belonging to one of its important allies," he said.

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Yvetta

24 March, 2010 - 08:21

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The egregiously biased Mr Bowen should be grateful that Israel has not expelled him!

mattpryor

24 March, 2010 - 15:33

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Is it true that Bowen had one of his colleagues killed in an IAF strike, which is why he hates the Israeli military so much?

Either way, his reporting on anything relating to Israel is generally, to put it mildly, not sympathetic to the Israeli viewpoint.

Jonathan Hoffman

24 March, 2010 - 15:36

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yes, his driver was killed. covering the lebanon action in 2006.

Yvetta

25 March, 2010 - 08:13

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Yes, and Bowen wrote an emotional feature article about that in the "Daily Telegraph" a few years ago. It spoke of "trigger-happy Israeli soldiers" and was clearly in breach of Al Beeb's Charter and Al Beeb's Producers' guidelines.
I got the impression that Bowen was never particularly enamoured of Israel anyway, and the (accidental) killing of the driver reinforced his bias.
That online Diary of his during Cast Lead was not exactly a model of objectivity. Bowen intrudes his personal opinions into his reports all too often.
But Al Beeb can behave with impunity. It is answerable to nobody but itself.

Yvetta

25 March, 2010 - 22:23

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One of the most brilliant articles on BBC bias and its cure I've ever seen -
www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/000191.php

mattpryor

26 March, 2010 - 12:39

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Bowen's just the tip of the iceberg anyway. His worldview is pretty rampant in Al Beeb. They can't get enough of bashing Israel. Dangerous and worrying.

Has anyone noticed the sheer number of documentaries that have been shown on the BBC showing us what a wonderful, enlightened, modern country Iran is?

I'm still waiting for something similar about Israel....

Yvetta

14 May, 2010 - 18:21

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There he goes,
There he goes again:

The BBC’s Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen has said that a report where he described the tension in US-Israeli relations as “enjoyable” was down to a editing glitch.
In his piece ‘Analysis: Bleak climate for Mid-East talks’ for the BBC News website, Mr Bowen wrote: “It has been an unusual and enjoyable new experience to be able to look on as the Israelis argued with their most important ally.”

"An editing glitch", huh?
Well, he would say that, wouldn't he.

Jonathan Hoffman

14 May, 2010 - 19:35

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http://cifwatch.com/2010/03/28/the-uks-disproportionate-response/

When the tables were turned and a British diplomate "left" Israel under a cloud, I do not remember Bowen saying that it send said the expulsion sent a "very clear message of Israeli disapproval."

Hypocrisy from the BBC's arch Israel-basher? Surely not!

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