From: "Geo" 

This started because on the way home today I listened to the news on
several different stations, CNN, NPR, and BBC. Of those only bbc had a
story like this piece by Lucy Williamson, the other two simply reported
today's happenings with Hezbolla launching 230 rockets to prove that Israel
was lying about how crippled Hezbollah is.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5239568.stm
Hezbollah fighters have launched more than 230 rockets from Lebanon


then at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5240424.stm

is this attitude piece:

Gaza 'crisis as bad as Lebanon'
By Lucy Williamson
BBC News, Gaza

Israeli air attacks occur several a nights a week in Gaza The United
Nations has called on world leaders not to forget the humanitarian crisis
in Gaza, saying it is at least as serious as that in southern Lebanon.
More than 140 people have been killed during Israel's operations there over
the past month, many of them civilians. Delivery of food and other
essential items has been reduced to a trickle. Thirty aid agencies backed
the appeal, and one charity spoke of a sense among aid agencies that Gaza's
population was being terrorised. Care International told the BBC that
Western nations had failed to put pressure on Israel to rein in its actions
and that attention was being focused on Lebanon at the expense of the
situation in the Gaza Strip. According to the UN, Israel fires around 150
shells into the tiny territory every day in a bid to stop Palestinian
militants who fire an average of 10 rockets across the border.
Israel says it needs to target civilian areas because that is where
militants base themselves but aid organisations say Gaza's population of
1.4 million is living in perpetual fear.

Ok now excuse me but is the 10 rockets per day prior to today's 230 rocket
barrage? And one more question, if the problem is Israel has reduced the
amount of food they ship in here then perhaps the idea of launching rockets
at the hand that feeds you isn't such a good idea? They start launching
rockets at Israel and then complain that they now live in fear because
Israel shoots back?

This is the news that Phil gets, it's why his attitude towards the US is
like it is. The BBC is carrying some really slanted attitude pieces lately,
it stands out when you listen to multiple news sources.

Geo.

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