Why BBC doesn't call Hamas militants 'terrorists' - John Simpson ( www.bbc.co.uk )

I guess not strictly news - but with all of the vitriol I have seen in discussions on the Israel situation, that have boiled down to arguments over wording, I feel that this take from the BBC is worthy of some discussion.

Mods, feel free to remove if this is not newsy enough.

makingStuffForFun ,
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John Simpson is a legend. His book, A Mad World, My Masters, is exceptional reading.

IchNichtenLichten ,
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The guy has been reporting since before many of us were even born. If you can catch his show on the BBC it's a great antidote to the sensationalized, biased reporting that passes for journalism these days.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18289996/

alquicksilver ,
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It's simply not the BBC's job to tell people who to support and who to condemn - who are the good guys and who are the bad guys.

I miss when this was the standard for news. Now most (e: major) outlets don't even try to pretend they have no bias and instead push a subjective point. Even when I agree with the point, I don't like it when my "news" pushes it instead of just, you know, reporting.

Give me the info and let me form my own opinions.

CookieJarObserver ,
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It is biased and wrong, you can see by the obvious problem in their research, like Hamas is considered terrorists by the entire western world, therefore saying that you don't call them that because you don't want people to tell what to think is terrorism support.

alquicksilver ,
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I disagree; it's a loaded, politicized word. Even if you say that the "entire western world" considers Hamas a terrorist organization, that's a sweeping generalization which, even if it could be called 100% true, does not represent the whole world.

Tell me the facts without giving me those loaded words. I'm smart enough to draw my own conclusions.

CookieJarObserver ,
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I disagree with your disagreement, im objectively correct https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_groups

IchNichtenLichten ,
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You're not objectively correct, "designated as terrorist by current and former national governments, and inter-governmental organizations" - they've expressed an opinion. You're taking that opinion and presenting it as objective fact.

CookieJarObserver ,
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Are you on crack or something? Do you understand how the world works?

IchNichtenLichten ,
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Do you understand how the world works?

Yes I do. I just explained it to you. Is there some part of what I said that you're struggling with?

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