Rupert Lowe

[hypochondriac]

2 hours ago, aintforever said:

It’s a policy they have had for ages, it’s not worth getting upset about and makes perfect sense because in some situations wether someone is a terrorist is a matter of opinion not fact. And it makes sense that it applies to news reports, not programmes, because they are reporting events as they happen.

”The corporation's editorial guidelines say the word "terrorist" can be "a barrier rather than an aid to understanding".

They say: "We should convey to our audience the full consequences of the act by describing what happened.

"We should use words which specifically describe the perpetrator such as 'bomber', 'attacker', 'gunman', 'kidnapper', 'insurgent' and 'militant'.

"We should not adopt other people's language as our own; our responsibility is to remain objective and report in ways that enable our audiences to make their own assessments about who is doing what to whom."

If you are in favour of unbiased reporting, as you say, then surely you agree with the above?

In what situation are Hamas members not terrorists? 

[The Kraken]

39 minutes ago, LeBizzier69 said:

Oh good, all the news recently must be made up and the stance from 2 years ago is still in effect.

All these posts for nothing.

Cheers for clarifying.

No problem. Here’s another one. From 2 months ago.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67039975

“Hamas, which the US, UK, Israel and many other nations have designated as a terrorist organisation, continued to fire rockets into Israel.“

But yeah, let’s stick with it. Why don’t the BBC say terrorist? It’s truly a mystery.

[aintforever]

55 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

In what situation are Hamas members not terrorists? 

I don’t know enough about their members to say. I listen to Radio 5 a lot and they are always calling Hamas a terrorist organisation on there so I’m not sure what the fuss is about.

[hypochondriac]

23 minutes ago, aintforever said:

I don’t know enough about their members to say. I listen to Radio 5 a lot and they are always calling Hamas a terrorist organisation on there so I’m not sure what the fuss is about.

OK just so it's clear that in this particular situation it's a fact that Hamas are terrorists.