The following is an article I read on BBC news. Okay so we all know that BBC is biased. However, because my general state is apathy, I decided that whilst I felt passionate, I would do something.

• I have highlighted in RED any words that incite negative feelings towards Israel.
• BLUE is any word that promotes sympathy for Israel.
• ORANGE represents words that provoke sympathy for Lebanon (and those involved on the other side).
• My favourite category is GREEN: words that glorify actions that were taken by Israel.
• YELLOW is glorifying Lebanon's actions.
• PURPLE is the "how did you graduate from Journalism school because that sounds stupid" or "I'm just saying this because is sounds okay but as to proof... well... I mean, like, who cares" for BBC reporters.
• This COLOUR is a fantastic tactic employed by these reporters. It works in the following way: say a whole bunch of biased crap and then every so often write a sentence that is simple fact. Consequently you have already convinced readers to hate a said person or idea, and then when they read the 'fact', they project all their negative and biased opinions that have been subliminally installed.

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Q&A: Middle East crisis
The Middle East has been plunged again into an escalating crisis. The BBC News website's Tarik Kafala looks at the key issues.


How did the current crisis start?
The Hezbollah raid into Israel, in which eight Israeli soldiers were killed and two were captured, was a stunning and provocative attack.

Lebanon has seen the first Israeli land incursion since 2000Some have argued that Hezbollah wanted to test new Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is an unknown quantity as far as military crises go.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nassrallah has said that the soldiers were captured to pressure Israel to release the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in its jails.
The raid is clearly a gesture of solidarity towards the Palestinian militants in Gaza who have been holding an Israeli soldier since 25 June.

How has Israel reacted?
The result of the raid is that Israel is fighting on two fronts. Israeli officials have cast the Hezbollah raid as an act of war and responded with air strikes, a land attack and a sea blockade, threatening operations that will "turn back the clock in Lebanon by 20 years".
The aim seems to be, as in Gaza, to build up massive pressure on the Lebanese government and the Lebanese population. Civilian casualties in Lebanon have been high and the damage to civilian infrastructure wide-ranging.
The Israeli strikes on targets other that Hezbollah installations are at least in part punitive - power installations, roads and the international airport have been hit.
This has drawn some international criticism and calls for restraint, but Israel is unlikely to care too much about the criticism while Hezbollah is firing large numbers of rockets into Israel, including at the country's third largest city Haifa.

What can the Lebanese government do about the situation?
Ordinary Lebanese may well be the main victims. The country is dealing with an Israeli land invasion for the first time since 2000, when Israel ended a 22-year occupation of the south.
Israel has made it absolutely clear that it holds the Lebanese government responsible for the kidnapping of its soldiers by Hezbollah.
Many analysts see this as unfair.
Even though Hezbollah is operating from Lebanese territory and the militant group has two ministers in the Lebanese government, central government is almost powerless to influence the militant group.
It is the Hezbollah militia that is deployed in southern Lebanon, not the Lebanese army.
The group is also very popular in Lebanon and highly respected for its political activities, social services and its military record against Israel.
Most Lebanese may believe that Hezbollah's capture of the two Israeli soldiers is deeply irresponsible. There is anger that the country is again being pitched towards war, but this is unlikely to translate into widespread anger towards Hezbollah.

Is there any way out of this crisis?
Israeli officials have insisted that there will be no direct negotiation with Hezbollah or Hamas over the return of its soldiers, and no Palestinian prisoner releases.
In the past, Israel has negotiated with Hezbollah and released hundreds of prisoners, but Israeli officials are now talking about a changed situation and new rules.
In both Gaza and Lebanon, the Israeli military appears to be taking advantage of the crisis to damage Hezbollah and Hamas as military organisations.
All sides are for now taking hardline positions, but it's difficult to see how the Israelis are going to get their soldiers back without some kind of ceasefire followed by negotiations that will almost certainly involve prisoner releases.

Will the conflict spread?
We're not yet at the stage of a regional conflict.
Much will depend on whether Israel extends its military operations to take in Syria and Iran, Hezbollah's sponsors and supporters. Officials have already laid much of the blame for the escalating crisis on Damascus and Tehran.
Iran and Syria are also the states that can influence Hezbollah more than anyone else.
Inevitably the role of the US, in restraining Israel and pushing the various parties towards some kind of ceasefire may at some later date be crucial.
Analysts have pointed out that Washington's stance in its "war on terror" means that its contacts with Syria, Lebanon and Hezbollah, and its ability to influence them, may be limited.
Questions surrounding the disarmament of Hezbollah, as demanded by the UN Security Council, have been pushed way into the background for now.

View this article from BBC NEWS.

Published: 2006/07/14 12:24:29 GMT© BBC MMVI ____________________________________________________

WHAT IS THIS WORD, bolded above "irresponsible". It's IRRESPONSIBLE when I misplace my mother’s keys. It's UNACCEPTABLE to kidnap people. HOW STUPID can you write, honestly.

MY POINT:

Rarely has BBC written anything that encourages positive feelings towards Israel without countering with a glorification or justification on Lebanon’s behalf. There are many instances of positive modifiers towards Lebanon. These are generally backed up with a negative provoking modifier about Israel.

I am glad this is no Age letter, because I am just going to say it straight out – SEE ALL THAT PURPLE? IN MY OPINION (of which I have, as it’s my blog and I am allowed) these reporters are simply idiots. I am not pretending that I know more than any body else. And I am not pretending to be academic or.
But we are talking about JOURNALISTS here. People who are paid money to LEARN how to write about situations. They appear to have no awareness that there is a distinctions between fact and simple musing. They use all sorts of silly words that are meaningless “maybe, might, seems, possibly”. I don’t have the strength to go through the problems one by one.

If any of you think I am making a bold statement, DAMN RIGHT I AM. However, if you do have a problem with any of my highlighting, feel free to ask – I’ll explain why I have done it.

I do realise that reporters have to use words, and that every person brings with them preconceived ideas. There is no way to combat this. These ideas are fostered both by upbringing and that people aren’t clones.
However, all too often journalists become concerned with opinion over fact. Is it better to be a journalist that appeals to the masses? Or one that appeals to no one, only to the ‘truth’?
It is much, much easier to appeal to the masses.
I am a master of manipulation – I can use certain words and sentences and actions that will make you think I am something I’m not. I will give you an example. I work for a telemarketing company that cold calls people to sponsor charities. I was being prepped for Canteen a charity for teenagers living with cancer. I happen to be SLIGHTLY inquisitive and asked “Are these camps for kids with cancer”. I was told “No, they are for siblings of cancer patients”. WHAT COULD I DO? NOW that I knew the truth, I felt like I was betraying sponsors.
I got around it: I tell the people that I want them to sponsor camps for children affected by cancer. They think the children have cancer. But I have manipulated them – the children don’t have cancer, it’s their siblings that do. The average mind does not question, and therefore the fact of a matter is always at stake.

When it comes to issues of global implications, the truth cannot afford to be misled.

People should have opinions, but they should be expressed under those people’s names. Organisations that are supposed to present everyone equally, should not be manipulating the masses towards certain ideas. If the BBC would rather support Lebanon, I would prefer they just say that.
OPINIONATED JOURNALISTS hide behind politically correct organisations. This post is meant to promote positive feelings towards Israel.
I am trying to manipulate you all – I want you all to realise that the media is biased. I want you all to know that I support Israel and you should as well.
But most of all, I want you to be aware of the beauty of words. They can be put together in a multitude of ways and can express truth and lies.
In the end, a lie that is spread by people we trust to give us the truth, ends up appearing to be the truth. And then what?