THE BBC has told its reporters not to use the word “kidnapped” when describing the US government’s allegedly illegal abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.

The directive was revealed by The National contributor Owen Jones, who said it had been passed to him by a member of BBC staff.

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[–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago*

The BBC middle east editor Rafi Berg is literally an ex IDF soldier from the Israeli 8200 spy unit.

https://www.newarab.com/news/bbc-editor-accused-israel-bias-sues-owen-jones-over-report

Also many other reports like this one

Reflecting the study into online output, the openDemocracy analysis found that the phrases “murder”, “murderous”, “mass murder”, “brutal murder” and “merciless murder” were used a total of 52 times by journalists to refer to Israeli deaths – but never in relation to Palestinian deaths.

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