Interestingly the word Panorama is defined in the concise Oxford English Dictionary as: “An unbroken view of a surrounding region” or “A complete survey of a subject or sequence of events”.
Now anybody who viewed the Panorama programme titled Death in the Med, would I think agree that the BBC need to change the title of its documentary series to “A blinkered view” or even ”A linear view of .........”.
The self proclaimed expert on the Al-Qaeda network and the so called Islamist threat Jane Corbin, only served to cheapen the art of journalism by presenting what amounted to a propaganda project on behalf of the State of Israel and more notably the IDF.
What seems to have been ignored with great effort, was the fact that Israeli Navy / IDF attacked a civilian vessel IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS, they had NO jurisdiction whatsoever. Secondly, nine people lost their lives, Yet this documentary ignored the loss of life in favour of dedicating their time to the Israeli Military view.
Regarding the Panorama documentary, It was ill conceived, poorly presented and very heavily biased in favour of the State of Israel and the IDF in particular.
Frankly, to give anymore time or space in this blog to this so called documentary will only serve to give it a form of credibility, that it clearly does not deserve.
