Slobodan Markovic on Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:34:03 +0200 |
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I was reading some BBC's news at their Web site this morning. In fact, I have read all current articles about Kosovo crises. There were some points in those texts, which could be compared only to Milosevic-controlled Serbian National TV's (RTS) evening news reports. The example number one: >The latest strikes came after Yugoslav and Albanian troops exchanged >fire at the border for several hours on Tuesday. An OSCE monitor said >the skirmish had been caused by Serb provocation. One Albanian soldier >was reported injured. There are NO OSCE monitors on Kosovo. They all went to Macedonia few days before NATO strikes. Moreover, just next article about crises spoke about massive Albanian forces trying to enter Kosovo from Albania during the past week. The example number two: >Jamie Shea said: "Serbs are holding 700 Kosovo-Albanian boys >prisoner, using them as "blood banks" for injured troops. I don't even want to make comments on this completely arbitrary, but obviously very eye/ear-catchy, statement. ... I really don't see anything special about these reports, regarding their objectivity. They are completely based on either untrue or unconfirmed facts. It is obvious that their only aim is to mobilise readers toward pro-NATO attitude. This BBC's reports are just as same as Serbian National TV's reports about Kosovo crises, but with different prefix. If BBC was by some accident Serbian company, it would be just like RTS, from NATO's point of view, very legitimate target... :-) Greetings, Slobodan Markovic | http://solair.eunet.yu/~twiddle Internodium Project | http://www.internodium.org.yu ------Syndicate mailinglist-------------------- Syndicate network for media culture and media art information and archive: http://www.v2.nl/east/ to unsubscribe, write to <[email protected]> in the body of the msg: unsubscribe [email protected]