BBCNEWS Newswatch July 3, 2024
Militant group hamas launched an unprecedented attack on israel. No mention in that saturday lunchtime bulletin on bbc one of the term terrorist, just several references to hamas militants. But from that evening, after the use of militant in headlines, presenters started using this formulation in the introductions. Hamas, designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, claims to have taken more than 50 people. Well, the bbc� s approach was criticised by the Prime Minister and cabinet colleagues, including the defence secretary, grant shapps, who called it d...
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