• markko@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Literally the first paragraph:

    The UN’s Human Rights Office has condemned the high number of civilians killed in the war in Gaza, saying its analysis shows close to 70% of verified victims over a six-month period were women and children.

    Also see the only other comment when you posted this: https://lemmy.world/comment/15951331

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      I guess the BBC insisting on stating “Hamas-run” in its titles related to this conflict is not about partiality or transparency but rather create a false equivalence with the armed forces. It’s an oversimplification aimed at creating a certain narrative, and based on multiple sources it’s a policy of theirs not to display “bias” against israel.

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        I didn’t get the impression that the other commenter was laughing about BBC’s use of the term.

        I assumed they were doubting the health ministry’s reliability/accuracy, but maybe I’ve just become jaded after dealing with so many Zionazis online.

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          Fair point, It could be. Just know that, in any case, my comment was not directed towards yours.

          I only used this opportunity to further explain my perspective regarding BBC coverage, that I wasn’t endorsing any kind of whitewashing.

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            Oh I understood that, but thanks for making it explicit. Very few larger media outlets have covered Palestine fairly unfortunately.

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        Your comment did not make clear what you found funny, but having come across so many similar comments before I assumed it was that the data was not reliable due to it being the “Hamas-run health ministry”.

        If you found the continued use of that term by the BBC funny, then my previous comment is irrelevant.