"Jim Ericsson" wrote in message ...
On 12/07/2018 13:25, michael adams wrote:
"Jim Ericsson" wrote in message
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The BBC News website has done surprisingly little to highlight
the Qatar blockade, apparently journalistic freedom isn't important
to the BBC.

You're having a laugh !


You don't appear to have understood the point I was making.

If I defended Edward Snowden would you respond by telling me what a bad man Vlad Putin
is, just because Edward Snowden happens to be in Russia?

Eh ?

Subsequent to his disclosures which rendered him liable to arrest by his employers
the US Govt and a possible long term of imprisonment pon conviction, Edward Snowden
has sought and been granted political asylum in Russia. However Russia didn't sponsor
or have any foreknowledge of his activities; his presence in Russia is simply a matter of
convenience for Snowden which keeps him out of a US jail.


If you dislike Al-Jazeera

Oh dear. You really think its all down to "like" and "dislike" do you ?

Unfortunately its a bit more serious than that.

The Al Jazeera is a state-funded news agency, which was originally set up by, and remains
wholly owned by the state of Qatar.

Who to repeat

quote

The state of human rights in Qatar is a concern for several
non-governmental organizations. Sharia law is the main source
of Qatari legislation according to Qatar's constitution.[1][2]
Flogging and stoning as forms of punishment are legal in Qatar due to
Sharia law.

According to Human Rights Watch in June 2012, hundreds of thousands
of mostly South Asian migrant workers in construction in Qatar risk
serious exploitation and abuse, sometimes amounting to forced labor.[3]

/quote

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Qatar

Given which, its for you to say why anyone should necessarily believe a word
that their state sponsored news network has to say about anything.


michael adams

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