Media Bias
Violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy has hit out at the BBC for planning to censor words spoken during a live broadcast of the Proms 2013 on August 8th on BBC Radio 3. For the BBC Four television rebroadcast, a line spoken by Kennedy is to be edited out. Along with The Palestine Strings, a group of young Palestinian musicians from the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music, Kennedy performed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to rousing applause. At the end of the performance, Kennedy, who is a long-standing supporter of the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel, spoke to the audience … Continue reading →
Posted August 20, 2013 in Apartheid, Audio, BBC, BDS, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Human Rights, Media Bias, National Rights, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Press releases and tagged Edward Said National Conservatory of Music, Nigel Kennedy, The Palestine Strings.
Yesterday, as media outlets focused on the outcome of the elections in Israel, it was business as usual in Israeli-occupied Palestine. Two Palestinians lost their lives at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces, bringing to six the number of young Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the past fortnight alone. These deaths have gone largely unreported in the Irish media and Israeli aggression continues apace. The Israeli government and its military continue to kill, maim and destroy lives and livelihoods with impunity, unchecked by the international community. Yesterday, 23rd January 2013, Lubna Munir Hanash, a young 22-year-old Palestinian woman … Continue reading →
Posted January 24, 2013 in Apartheid, BDS, Bethlehem, Gaza, Human Rights, Jerusalem, Media Bias, Pillar of Cloud, Press releases, Prisoners, Settlements, Settler Violence, Siege of Gaza, The Media, War Crimes, West Bank.
As part of their attack on Gaza, Israel has conducted a media war in Ireland – media outlets have spoken to us of being ‘bombarded’ by Israeli press releases and having Israeli spokespeople continually haranguing them. As we’re sure you’ve noticed, this has led to a significant bias in media reportage of the issues – whether on TV, radio or newspapers. We need to redress this imbalance – Irish media outlets must be asked to provide a fair and balanced coverage. NOTE: You can download this document as a printable PDF here. Below, we have listed the main anti-Palestinian forms … Continue reading →
Posted November 21, 2012 in Action Item, Briefing Paper, Factsheet, Gaza, Irish Times, Media Bias, Pillar of Cloud, Press releases, RTE, Siege of Gaza, The Media, War Crimes.
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