#19 Archived Message
Posted by Ian M on July 30, 2022, 11:14 pm, in reply to "Project: to find 29 examples of the BBC failing 'due impartiality' in Ukraine reporting"
#19: Russian mum’s fight to save sons from President Putin's war in Ukraine, May 26th:
Newsreader: 'Among the Russian forces who've been fighting are two brothers whose mother has spoken to the BBC. She claims they were conscripted despite president Putin's assurance that only professional soldiers have been deployed. She spoke to our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.' Reporter Steve Rosenberg: 'This is how Moscow portrays its soldiers in Ukraine, as professionals. But away from the official images some here tell a different story. Anonymous mother: 'I got into the car and started searching for my sons. On the phone one of their commanders insisted they were on military exercises in the fields. I said I have driven round all the fields where their exercise is. They're not there, please don't lie to me. He hung up.' Steve Rosenberg: 'Fearing her sons were dead or injured Marina [not her real name] went to a military hospital. No sign.' Anonymous mother: 'There wasn't enough medicine or bandages. Local residents supplied everything. The soldiers they were cold and hungry.' Steve Rosenberg: 'Eventually an admission from the military: her sons had gone into Ukraine.' Anonymous mother: 'I was told the terrifying news, your children have signed contracts to be professional soldiers, they are taking part in the special military operation, they will return as heroes. I said what on earth are you talking about? They had no plans to sign a contract, they've been in the army for three months, they've only held a gun once.' Steve Rosenberg: 'Vladimir Putin had said there wasn't a single Russian conscript in Ukraine. The authorities later backtracked. Marina filed a complaint, it was upheld. Her sons hadn't signed any military contract, they were brought back to Russia.' ***** No comment from Russian officials responding to the claims about misconduct by the military or the poor state of their hospitals, though it appears there might at least be some evidence of a complaint this person made which was then upheld by the (military?) authorities. As her identity is concealed none of it can be verified yet again. Any reports from the BBC about misconduct by the Ukrainian military? I haven't seen any yet... The use of the word 'mum' in the title of the piece, instead of 'mother' or 'parent' strikes me as odd, sentimentalising another Russian dissident figure in a way that would never happen for Official Enemies. Any Taliban, Hezbollah or Hamas 'mums' out there? Only the ones who want their sons to lay down their arms and stop fighting the West, I would imagine...
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- Project: to find 29 examples of the BBC failing 'due impartiality' in Ukraine reporting - Ian M July 26, 2022, 8:32 pm
- #2 - Ian M July 26, 2022, 11:25 pm
- #4 - Ian M July 27, 2022, 12:03 am
- #5 - Ian M July 27, 2022, 12:27 am
- Good work Ian. Hope to chime in once able to understand Ofcom dodgy use of changeable goalposts. nm - marknadim July 27, 2022, 1:37 am
- #6 - Ian M July 27, 2022, 6:55 pm
- Re: #7 - Keith-264 July 27, 2022, 8:11 pm
- Re: #7 - Ian M July 27, 2022, 11:01 pm
- #8 - Ian M July 27, 2022, 10:54 pm
- #9 - Ian M July 27, 2022, 11:22 pm
- #10 - Ian M July 27, 2022, 11:50 pm
- #11? Remember this one from Grayzone? "BBC correspondent-fixer shaping Ukraine coverage is PR op" - marknadim July 28, 2022, 5:56 am
- #12 - Ian M July 28, 2022, 6:52 pm
- #13 - Ian M July 28, 2022, 7:20 pm
- Re: #13 - Ian M July 28, 2022, 7:22 pm
- #14 - Ian M July 28, 2022, 8:21 pm
- #15 - Ian M July 28, 2022, 11:01 pm
- #16 - Ian M July 29, 2022, 11:25 pm
- #17 - Ian M July 29, 2022, 11:56 pm
- #18: - Ian M July 30, 2022, 7:53 pm
- #19 - Ian M July 30, 2022, 11:14 pm
- #20 and #21 - Ian M July 31, 2022, 12:05 am
- #22 - Ian M July 31, 2022, 7:27 pm
- #23 - Ian M July 31, 2022, 8:14 pm
- #24 - Ian M July 31, 2022, 11:18 pm
- Re: #24 - Tomski August 2, 2022, 10:00 pm
- #25 - Ian M July 31, 2022, 11:43 pm
- #26 - Ian M August 1, 2022, 10:53 pm
- #27 - Ian M August 1, 2022, 11:34 pm
- #28 - Ian M August 2, 2022, 12:14 am
- #29 - Ian M August 2, 2022, 7:01 pm
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