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August 01, 2005
BBC Corrects: Blair Said No Excuse for Terror in Israel, Too
Kudos to British activist Terry M. whose correspondence with the BBC prompted editors to amend a report about Tony Blair's statement regarding terror around the world.
The original version of the July 26 BBC report stated:
In a 75 minute media conference Mr Blair also said there was "no justification for suicide bombing whether in Palestine, Iraq, in London, in Egypt, in Turkey, anywhere. In the United States of America, there is no justification for it. Period."
What was the Prime Minister's full statement?
And one other thing I want to say whilst I am on this subject if I might, neither have they any justification for killing people in Israel either. Let us just get that out of the way as well. There is no justification for suicide bombing whether in Palestine, in Iraq, in London, in Egypt, in Turkey, anywhere, in the United States of America. There is no justification for it period and we will start to beat this when we stand up and confront the ideology of this evil.
Within two hours of Terry M's correspondence to the BBC, the report was modified:
In a 75 minute media conference Mr Blair said there was no justification for suicide bombing whether in Israel or in "Palestine, Iraq, in London, in Egypt, in Turkey, anywhere. In the United States of America, there is no justification for it. Period".
It seems that the media needs a little work on keeping Blair's statements straight.
Posted by TS at August 1, 2005 04:02 AM
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