The BBC is well-known for this kind of “reporting” (using the term loosely) when writing about “incidents” perpetrated by Arabs against Israelis.
But really, this is a new “low” for the BBC.
….When one concerned news consumer questioned on BBC Brasil’s Facebook page why the London terror attack had been described as an “incident,” the response was shocking:
translated from the Portuguese:
Terrorism is a word full of connotations, so we avoid using it. The terrorist for some is the defender of freedom for others. The terrorist for others is the avenger of injustices against others. It is not up to the BBC to judge the motives of those who execute attacks, as cruel and bloody as they are….
So while Tobias Ellwood MP, the Minister for the Middle East and Africa in the British Foreign Office, bravely fought to save the life of police office Keith Palmer, the BBC’s Brazilian subsidiary not only refused to call PC Palmer’s murderer a terrorist but questioned whether he could be termed a terrorist at all….
