Skip to content
Socio-Economics History Blog

Socio-Economics History Blog

  • About

Socio-Economics History Blog

Socio-Economics History Blog

How Israel Pressures BBC into Changing Headlines

November 23, 2015 by mosesman
Image:Before (left) and after: a BBC headline was changed to obscure the fact Israeli killed a Palestinian in cold blood. (Screenshots by Media Lens). Courtesy E.I.
Image:Before (left) and after: a BBC headline was changed to obscure the fact Israeli killed a Palestinian in cold blood. (Screenshots by Media Lens). Courtesy E.I.
  • How Israel Pressures BBC into Changing Headlines
    by Amena Saleem, The Electronic Intifada
    In the early hours of 12 November, approximately two dozen Israeli gunmen, one disguised as a pregnant Palestinian woman, others wearing fake beards, invaded a hospital in Hebron and gunned down a 28-year-old man.

    –
    In a rare burst of reporting on an Israeli atrocity, the BBC ran an article on its website headlined: “Israelis shoot dead Palestinian in Hebron hospital raid.” It was a straightforward headline which summed up the story. But later in the day, a different headline appeared above the report, reading: “Israelis in disguise raid Hebron hospital, seizing suspect.”
    –
    As is standard practice for the BBC, the amendment was not noted at the bottom of the page, so newcomers to the story would not have known the headline had been altered. It was spotted, however, by the watchdog Media Lens, which posted a screengrab of the two headlines on its Facebook page, asking: “What happened? Pro-Israeli flak? Bending to pro-Israeli pressure?”
    –
    These questions are even more pertinent in the light of a documented exchange which took place between the BBC, the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) and the Israeli embassy in London at the beginning of October about another of the broadcaster’s headlines.
    –
    Headline changes
    The Times of Israel reported then on Israeli fury sparked by the 4 October BBC Online headline“Palestinian shot dead after Jerusalem attack kills two.” The headline is factually correct, but offense was caused to Israel’s PR machine because the killing of 19-year-old Muhannad Halabi took precedence in the headline over the slaying of two Israelis.
    –
    The Times of Israel
    wrote: “The [Israeli] Government Press Office on Sunday warned the BBC it could face sanctions for running a news headline highlighting the death of the Palestinian terrorist shot by the police Saturday after fatally stabbing two Israelis, rather than the attack itself.”

    –
    The website added that a “harshly worded letter was sent to Richard Palmer, the head of the BBC Bureau in Israel, by the head of the GPO,” and that “the Israeli Embassy in London asked the network to change the headline.”
    –
    Whatever the GPO’s harsh words were, they appear to have been enough to scare the BBC into changing the headline, which went through three alterations – documented by the Zionist lobby group BBC Watch – before it met with the satisfaction of the Israeli embassy and the Israeli GPO. The Israeli-approved headline ran: “Jerusalem: Palestinian kills two Israelis in Old City.” 
    –
    (This headline has since been changed again, apparently unnoticed by either the Israeli embassy or the GPO, to “Israelis killed in Jerusalem, Palestinians banned from Old City.”)
    –
    In its report of 4 October, The Times of Israel noted: “According to a GPO official, Israel expects an official apology from the network, and said the office was considering annulling the press cards of BBC journalists, a decision that if implemented would not allow the network to continue operating in Israel.” This is not an idle threat, and BBC staff know it.
    –
    read more.
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/jews-do-control-the-media/
Click on image to goto article.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-stein19-2008dec19,0,4676183.column
Click on image for article.
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/dec/19/opinion/oe-stein19
Click on image for article.

Malcom_X

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kureFeGmoDI]

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O3eaXCxRUM]

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVmiAR5nvJE]

end

Post navigation

Previous Post:

‘Horrendous Adverse Effects’ of HPV Vaccines Finally Coming to Light in Court Testimony … Vaccine Industry Horrors Can No Longer Be Censored

Next Post:

Iran News: ISIS Groomed ‘By Zionists, Americans,’ Paris Attack a ‘Plot’ to Send Army to Mid-East

One comment

  1. Pingback: How Israel Pressures BBC into Changing Headlines | The Grey Enigma

Comments are closed.

Pages

  • About

Recent Posts

  • 🚨 TRADE WAR CALLED OFF: US Defeat or Strategic Surrender? U.S. & China’s 90-Day Gamble Breakdown
  • Planet Nine: First Real Clue After Decades of Searching
  • Insiders Are Dumping Stocks; Get Ready For Market Meltdown | Chris Vermeulen
  • U.S. Consumer Is Breaking Down – Markets Just Don’t See It Yet | Stephanie Pomboy
  • Fear & Greed Index Skyrockets (Are We Headed For A Boom or Bust?)
  • Michael Yon And Mike Adams Talk Panama, Pakistan, India, Russia And SEA ROUTES for Energy And Trade
  • Biden’s Plan For A Microchipped Post-Pandemic Population
  • UFOs: Spiritual or Alien? Researcher Explains
  • Centuries of Influence: The Rothschild Archive REVEALED | #GrandTheftWorld 233 (Clip)
  • The Quintessential Devil in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict – IS OUT!
  • The Martin Armstrong Warning They Don’t Want You to Hear
  • How the BIS (Bank for International Settlements) Controls Global Monetary Policies From The Shadows
  • Grant Williams: Massive Once-In-A-Century Change Is Underway. Don’t Be Blind To It!
  • Macron In Cocaine Scandal? ‘Merz, Starmer With French President Sniffing…’ | Truth Revealed
  • US And China Reach Agreement to Cut Tariffs | BBC News
  • How $21 TRILLION Went Missing From U.S. Tax Payers! -Catherine Austin Fitts FULL INTERVIEW
  • Catherine Fitts: Power Grids, Bankers vs. the West, Secret Underground Bases, and Extinction Events
  • Yanis Varoufakis: New Economic World Order & Europe’s Suicide
  • Iran’s Latest US Aircraft Carrier FOOTAGE RELEASE: “In Case YOU’RE TRYING To Fool Us!”
  • CHINESE WEAPONS SHOCK THE WEST: Pakistan’s J-10C Jets Take Down India’s French Rafale | Carl Zha
  • Long Term Treasuries Losing the War Against Gold.
  • Trump’s SHOCKING Turn Against Netanyahu! Is It Real? w/ Catherine Austin Fitts
  • ‘Consensus’: China Briefs On U.S Trade Talks As White House Teases ‘Trade Deal’
  • BREAKING: Sources Confirm To Alex Jones What Infowars Reported A Month Ago: Trump Is COMPLETELY DONE With Netanyahu!
  • Israeli Cops BEAT UP Hasidic Jews Protesting War In Gaza!
  • English Speech: Putin Warns Israel, Shocks Netanyahu Amid Iran Tension| Russia| Mahmoud Abbas| Gaza
  • Europe’s Final Act: Germany & EU Head for Disaster, “Only Collapse Will Change Europe” I Marc Faber
  • Hugh Hendry: TRUMP’s Plan to RESET Global TRADE – Painful Times Ahead

Archives

  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011

Categories

  • Disaster
  • Economics
  • Endtimes
  • Geo-Politics
  • History
  • Medicine & Health
  • Satire
  • Science & Technology
  • Social Trends
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org
November 2015
M T W T F S S
« Oct   Dec »
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  
© 2025 Socio-Economics History Blog | WordPress Theme by Superbthemes