BBC Arabic and the complexities of the Arab world

 
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Arab politicians and ordinary people have expressed their appreciation of our track record of impartiality and trusted news- Which basically proves exactly how unimpartial the BBC is

Last Dec, BBC hailed Tunisia’s assembly & their election of a new president in their article, “Tunisian activist, Moncef Marzouki, named president.” What the BBC did not report was Marzouki’s Organization, the Tunisian League for Human Rights, was a US National Endowment for Democracy and George Soros Open Society-funded International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) member org.

Clearly orchestrated reordering of the Arab World was done in a specially-conceived order, so that easier nations to topple would be able to eventually contribute to fueling the downfall of more difficult targets as US proxy regimes were installed. Tunisia’s diplomatic attack against Syria is just one example. Complexity? Just flow the dominoes!

The despoiling/destruction of Libya by NATO-backed LIFG terrorists has provided a base of operation for the international mercenaries who are now sending fighters into Syria, led by notorious LIFG commander Abdul Belhaj.
Enormous pressure has been caused by "spin". media silence, or a huge boisterous slant on the truth.

It's not that I (always) disagree with BBC coverage. Yes, on occasion I have accused BBC of Bias, but what troubles me most is the "feeling" that I am never getting the full picture, that BBC seems (in fact) to be justifying western actions.
The one thing that will not get BBC criticism from both sides is the unvarnished truth. Truth can be defended. Falsehood can only be spun.

BluesBerry @3-6
Not wrong to see or suspect, report or warn, of funding & relations of other 'pipers', but 'serial differentiation' of the "clearly orchestrated" may deprive of global understanding. Until every individual is equally secured, by the agreement of all others, the rule of corruption will make suspects of all, even those who protest most loudly, sadly even those striving for balance

BluesBerry wrote:

"...what troubles me most is the "feeling" that I am never getting the full picture..."

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Yes. The BBC, when establishment needs must, will slide seamlessly into another mode. You and I probably won't know when that happens. I seem to remember it did during the Miners' Strike, though, for instance.

The story then is, as you suggest, what we're not told on the BBC.

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I have no doubt that reporting in the Middle East is challenging at the moment given the sensitive political situations there. The BBC will never be perceived as unbiased by everybody - the best that journalists can do is to give as many different perspectives on the same event as possible so that viewers/ readers feel like they're getting the 'full picture'.

I believe the BBC Arabic growth figures are proof of the pudding: biased or not, clearly BBC is providing something that is of value! Given the phenomenal social media growth in Middle East, I think BBC would do well to try out some of the new Connected Studio products in the region to test for any perceived bias.

@Meryl Coach - I think the growth figures are probably more a function of available content rather than indicative of the quality of that content. If there's not much alternative, people will still watch it even if it may be biased!

Good idea about using the BBC digital platform and social media to test out the bias though... the results would be telling!

@BluesBerry (6) - easy to say but I think the 'unvarnished truth' implies that all possible perspectives of an event would have to be covered by the journalists (unless they're just broadcasting without capturing any opinion at all which would be quite worthless for viewers!) The challenge for BBC is to provide as many perspectives as possible to give, as you say, the 'full picture'.

It's impossible to please everyone when it comes to reporting, and practically impossible to capture all possible perspectives for that matter. I hope that BBC Arabic capitalizes on the social media trends in Middle East as Meryl above suggests - capturing and grouping massive numbers of viewer perspectives will definitely give a better view of the 'unvarnished truth' as BluesBerry puts it.

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To BluesBerry: Someone said , "There are conspiracies in life but life is not a conspiracy". I suggest you reflect on that. The "Arab Spring" in and of itself is not a grand conspiracy although no doubt there are conspirators trying to achieve their own ends..

As with professional carers whose failings on patient sanitation or hydration trying to point at work pressures for ignoring basic decency, some reasons still make poor excuses. BBC Watch daily shows how responsible reporting from the region can be.

And cut & pasting Trust mantras as gospel won't change that.

Never mind BBC Arabic where is BBC England?