It's simply not the BBC's job to tell people who to support and who to condemn, writes the BBC's World Affairs editor.

I guess not strictly news - but with all of the vitriol I have seen in discussions on the Israel situation, that have boiled down to arguments over wording, I feel that this take from the BBC is worthy of some discussion.

Mods, feel free to remove if this is not newsy enough.

  • @CookieJarObserver@ani.socialEnglish
    -45•1 year ago

    It is biased and wrong, you can see by the obvious problem in their research, like Hamas is considered terrorists by the entire western world, therefore saying that you don’t call them that because you don’t want people to tell what to think is terrorism support.

    • ALQEnglish
      30•1 year ago

      I disagree; it’s a loaded, politicized word. Even if you say that the “entire western world” considers Hamas a terrorist organization, that’s a sweeping generalization which, even if it could be called 100% true, does not represent the whole world.

      Tell me the facts without giving me those loaded words. I’m smart enough to draw my own conclusions.

        • @IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16•1 year ago

          You’re not objectively correct, “designated as terrorist by current and former national governments, and inter-governmental organizations” - they’ve expressed an opinion. You’re taking that opinion and presenting it as objective fact.

        • ZoolanderEnglish
          10•1 year ago

          In addition to the word “adjective”, you should also look up the definition of “objective”. Because you keep digging and digging and it’s making you look silly.

          You are wrong. Whether it’s because you don’t understand what is being said or you are intentionally ignoring it, what you are saying is inaccurate and factually incorrect.

    • @YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18•1 year ago

      A man’s called a terrorist or liberator

      A rich man’s a thief or philanthropist

      Is one a crusader or ruthless invader?

      It’s all in which label is able to persist

      There are precious few at ease

      With moral ambiguities

      So we act as though they don’t exist