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Media Bias in Covering the Israeli-Palestinian Conflflict: With a Case Study of BBC Coverage and Its Foundation of Impartiality

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Introduction: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, having lasted for many decades, has created long involved actors outside the region. With such warfare and discord comes an interest from the outside... world as to what exactly is transpiring between the two nations. With all of this in mind, it is, therefore, a reality that the events in Israel and Palestine have traveled beyond borders and into the minds and hearts of many around the world. This is where the media plays a major and decisive role. Whether it is interest produced out of humanitarian regard for the lives of those effected, political attention from a fellow nation’s government, economic intrigue from businesses and markets impacted by the fighting, or even religious fervor generated by the major root of the conflict, this issue has the world’s communities watching. Who exactly is it then that gathers the news of what is occurring and redistributes it to the global public at large who need and want to know what is happening? The British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC, is one of the major news sources in the world, and is, therefore, an organization which is globally relied upon to be informative, expeditious and first and foremost impartial. By that same token, one can then ask whether or not the BBC breaks news on the conflict while executing impartiality and whether or not this is even their central goal. [Show More]

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