I had the same, rather ungracious, thought that two docs one after the other, on Auschwitz and then Belsen, was brilliant timing to focus attention away from the current online holocaust to events 80+ years ago. Why is it now, at this particular moment, that two holocaust films are being shown -- is it commemorating a specific anniversary applicable to the camps or just a general round-up of WWII history? Brilliant timing nonetheless.

Earlier today there was a story on the BBC website about 5 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel who had been doused in chemicals and their backs set on fire, beaten and tortured (one man revealing the marks of torture) who had been given "in-depth interviews" by the BBC. Is this the belated result of pressure or unease by BBC hacks to redress some of the wall-to-wall bias and mount a pretence that they're covering both sides equally? I haven't watched any BBC news today so I don't know if this report features on the main bulletins. My hunch is that it hasn't and won't. I'd love to be proved wrong.