"By declining [the DEC's] request, the BBC has already taken sides and forsaken impartiality."The argument from many seems to be that inaction is an act of "taking sides" and true impartiality is attainable only by taking the right side. See, for example, Tim Llewellyn, writing in The Observer:
How is the BBC's impartiality to be prejudiced by asking others to raise money for the victims of an act of war by a recognised state, an ally of Britain, using the most lethal armaments it can against a defenceless population?The people making these arguments do so in a way that insinuates that there is only one possible way to see the conflict, of Israelis unjustifiably attacking innocent defenseless victims. But many feel differently, so it is good that the BBC does not start with this premise.
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Sure, it might not be a prime time advert after Eastenders, but it's still an awful lot of coverage.
posted by Helga-woo at 4:24 AM on January 25, 2009