SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: "The world Berg presents in his early BBC features is a rich source of misinformation and / or disinformation."

https://x.com/Jonathan_K_Cook/status/2061056306593619994

A former senior colleague of Raffi Berg, now the BBC's Middle East online editor, forensically analyses his output as a BBC writer.

It shows a consistent pattern of humanising Israeli soldiers and settlers while dehumanising Palestinians, and  burying information that might place Israel in a bad light – talents that seem to have led to his promotion to BBC editor.

Martin Asser concludes: "The world Berg presents in his early BBC features is a rich source of misinformation and / or disinformation."

This article should prove useful to Owen Jones' legal team as they fight Berg's defamation case. Jones cited 13 BBC journalists who accused Berg of skewing the corporation's coverage to make Israel look good.

More here:

jadaliyya.com

Raffi Berg: In His Own Words

Israel-friendly framing of news was commonplace at the BBC during the two decades I worked there, but one colleague stood out for his single-minded promotion of Zionist narratives. He has since risen...