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Cluster Fcku Mar 5

How the BBC chose to report on the US and Israeli attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran:

1. It used “dead” instead of “killed,” softening the violence and removing agency.
2. It relied on passive construction, carefully avoiding naming the perpetrators — the United States and Israel.
3. It added “Iran says,” subtly framing the massacre itself as an allegation rather than an established event.

#iran #israel #bbc #news #journalism #Mediawatch #us #trump #genocide #islam

lizzy مثلية الله ☭

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@ml I think the "Iran says" part (and only this part) makes sense from a journalism perspective because as a western newspaper, they have independent sources on the ground in US allies like Israel, while they obviously do not have the same for Iran. However that still hasn't stopped them from just publishing unverified claims of the Israeli government as fact in the past. (and not correcting them even after the Israeli government has admitted they were false)

Torf und Schnee Mar 3

@ml "Correction" 2 is valid only after the side which shot has been proven. "Correction" 3 is valid, when there are independent confirmations.

@torf
Only the US and Israel governments claim otherwise. Don't be so naive.
@ml

Torf und Schnee Mar 3

@nachof @ml claim what?

@torf
That they didn't do it.
The only thing we don't know is if the missile was fired by the US or Israel. But that's irrelevant at this point.
@ml

Torf und Schnee Mar 4

@nachof @ml do they really claim anything in that regard?

Second, obviously only the countries having information from the ground can give primary info l.e. we have to either believe an intelligence or believe Iran. Bad choice.

Maximilian Overdraft, Esq.Mar 3

@ml Passive voice alone made that headline misinformation.

The British Bombing Corporation strikes again.

Mitex Leo Mar 3

JeremyJupiterJones

The British Beelzebub Cult

As it is…

A war crime in an undeclared war…

@ml After two and a half years of genocide in Gaza we all know the western media m.o. I refuse to believe that there are people who don't understand this because they are naive. If they don't see it, it's because they are content with imperialism and genocide.

Areeb Soo Yasir Mar 4

@ml Very good observation, unfortunately very common for the victims to these murders being referred to as if "they just died somehow". This is why we need Mastodon and we cannot rely on the media.

@ml
I applaud these kinds of "revised headlines." Bravo.

@ml the BBC is no longer a UK institution despite the UK paying for it. A lot of the news stories come from their US 'partner'!

Mitex Leo Mar 4

@EF In Bangladesh (BBC Bangla), their activities are more dangerous. At least once in everyday they're caught sharing misinformation. Also they're still working in favor of ousted fascist Awami League Party.

@ml one of the problems of the mdern world is bias in the press. Bias often at the behest of money and power, not facts and honesty.

Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫Mar 4

@ml Note also the journalistic "Weasel After".

The children didn't "die after" the strike, they were *killed by* it.

Felis_Catus_Domesticus Mar 5

@ml https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6vc3CgHt2s&list=RDG6vc3CgHt2s&start_radio=1

Jane's Addiction - Jane Says (Official Vinyl Video)

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haui ☭ 🇵🇸Mar 7

@ml
Trump has begun to spin this too. He's now saying iran killed those kids.

Like, the guy who is a rapist, a kiddie diddler, worlds worst warmonger, who aids and abets a genocide in gaza, says iran bombed their own children for what? For a reason to invade? That makes no sense as iran has invaded nobody,

And i bet the west is already eating this up and spinning it that trump killed khamenei for revenge on the kids or something.

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