Britain: Press TV is ‘anti-Semite’

[Rehmat]

The other day I found two news items in daily Guardian showing how the ‘freedom of press’ works in that country. One was concerning MP George Galloway’s outburst on Iranian Press TV – calling Israel’s invasion of Gaza “war crimes” and Israel being an “apartheid-style occupation”. The other was the Israeli butchery on Free Gaza Flotilla presented on Press TV by Tony Blair’s sister-in-law Lauren Booth.

Ofcom, the British broadcasting (standards) regulatory has blamed Press TV for not showing the ‘expected’ impartiality during its June 5th broadcast about Israeli commandos assault on board Free Gaza vessels carry humanitarian supplies and aid workers, killing nine Turks in cold blood. The regulator also objected to Lauren Booth’s comment: “Israeli commandos …. committed a massacre of innocent civilians sailing aid ships to besieged Gaza Strip …. This was obviously a barbarous attack on civilians. One thing is certain: As Turkey buries its murdered citizens – the brave men and women on those ships, in one move, have shifted world opinion against Israeli apartheid.”

Hey! Don’t get me wrong, freedom of speech does exist in Britain, if you want to market anti-Muslim or anti-Arab t-shirts, babysuits, billboards, etc.

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