One cannot find in the West a more humiliated reporter than one by Jon Leyne of BBC news.
This was the front page of BBC "world news",
as well as its "Middle East" section.
Iran rallies to mark revolution
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Huge turnout at rally
The new cyber battlefield
More sanctions on way for Iran?
Q&A: Iran protests
This was on the 31st anniversary of Islamic Revolution in Iran.
By Jon Leyne -
BBC News: Page last updated at 11:03 GMT,
Thursday, 11 February 2010
What it calls a "huge" turnout by supporters of the Ayatollah, the BBC does not give figures, not even an estimated number of people. It fears for its reputation.
Normally the BBC says things like "an estimated 200,000 people turned out", but the exact number is hard to guess.
Yet this time round, the BBC is trying desperately to play down the support for government. Instead it is busy trying to big up the pro-west opposition. The whole news items from BBC about Iran are more about wishful thinking and predictions and hopes of what should happen, than they are about actually reporting of what is happening.
In another report, this time by Jon Leyne himself, he praises the anti-Revolution protestors for their "Twitter revolution". BBC reporters really believes that Twits can bring down Iran. He writes: "On the anniversary of the Islamic revolution in 1979, once again Twitter, Facebook and other internet tools could be crucial".
It is clear that BBC thinks Twitters can bring down Islamic Revolution.
From this you can judge the standard of the BBC analysts.
The BBC reporter seems very excited. He said the protesters "showed the world the power of new media". He calls protesters "Iran's new revolutionaries".
The whole news story was telling the readers that Jon Leyne is witnessing the 31st Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. He forgot to mention himself that he was NOT in Tehran. He has been banned from the country. Instead, it was his boss who told us the embarrassing news that Jon Leyne is the BBC's Tehran correspondent, "reporting from London."
This is tragically funny epic of a story from BBC.
BBC simply chose not to report an important event which was happening in front of their eyes. All that BBC had to but failed to say was that the 31st Anniversary of Islamic Revolution is celebrated with millions of people on the street across Iran. Yet BBC failed to report the news, and instead, opted to engage in anti-Iran propaganda with all sort of tactics.
On 11 February 2010, over 50,000,000 people were on the streets across Iran in support of the Islamic Reovlution. Foreign media organisations from many countries around the world were present in Iran. The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said this huge turnout by people was a punch in the face of United States and Britain.
In another anonymous BBC report with no name of reporter, there are still no figures as to how many people are out on the streets, not even estimates.
BBC simply avoid numbers. It writes:
"Thousands of pro-government Iranians are rallying to mark the 31st anniversary of the nation's revolution. Opposition leaders are trying to mount counter-demonstrations. BBC Tehran correspondent Jon Leyne says it could be the largest confrontation since the disputed election last June, and the government and opposition have chosen to make the day a huge trial of strength. "
By this paragraph it is not revealed that the "BBC Tehran correspondent" is not in Tehran. "Official events are being held across Iran, but the main gathering is at Tehran's Azadi Square." How does he know this. He is not there.
BBC's Tehran correspondent is not in Tehran and still "reporting".
Jon Leyne was banned by Iran for making false statements.
BBC continues with this kind of reporting: "Our correspondent says the government is very nervous about the opposition demonstrations, but it is also very confident of its own support and has drawn a good crowd."
A good crowd? Still no numbers, and no explanation from BBC as to how Leyne knows these things. Readers are expected to take it all as true. If this is the dismal state of top British news media, one can only guess the standard of reporting news from the New York Times, or from VOA the Voice of America, or, from CNN. It just shows what they think of their readers.
It is amazing to read this kind of bad BBC reporting about Iran and other nations where the organisation is not welcome. You can go to BBC website and simply read past stories on Iran, and then judge for yourself the integrity of this British organisation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/default.stm
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