#23 Archived Message
Posted by Ian M on July 31, 2022, 8:14 pm, in reply to "Project: to find 29 examples of the BBC failing 'due impartiality' in Ukraine reporting"
#23: Russian soldiers caught on camera killing Ukrainian civilians, May 12th:
Reporter Sarah Rainsford: 'These are Russian soldiers on their way to loot and to kill, but their every move is caught on multiple cameras and so is Leonid the security guard. As he approaches them the men talk, even smoke and then the soldiers leave but suddenly two turn back they shoot Leonid and a second man multiple times in their backs. Leonid somehow survives. His boss dead, the guard staggers back to his hut and starts phoning for help. I met one of the friends Leonid called that day: Friend Vasya[?]: 'The soldiers claimed they don't kill civilians then they shot him. I asked how he was. I said can you at least bandage yourself up and he said, Vasya, I barely crawled here, everything hurts so much, I feel really bad. So I told him to hang in there and started calling the territorial defense.' Sarah Rainsford: 'The Russians drove a stolen van dubbed with their v symbol and the words "Russian tank special forces" and this is the man we saw shooting now helping himself to a drink. He has no idea he's being filmed. No one does until it's too late. And all this time Leonid is hiding in here, bleeding heavily. Weeks later we found his clothes and mattress bundled up outside. He died before help could reach him.' [...] 'Police have told us the Russians shot at anything that moved here [a 'nearby road']. They found the bodies of 37 civilians on just this stretch of road. [...] 'Leonid's daughter shared this image of her dad [with a cat] as she'd like him remembered. Yulia is abroad now. She tells me she wants her father's killers to face justice. Yulia: 'My dad was not a military man at all. He was a pensioner. They killed a 65 year old, what for? I'm not so much furious as full of grief and fear these damn Russians are so out of control that I'm afraid of what they might do next.' Sarah Rainsford: 'Leonid never returned to his home or his pets. Another life stolen by Russian troops now notorious for their brutality.' ***** Lots of serious accusations, for once with compelling footage apparently backing the claims. However, Ofcom's professed standards would still require a balancing statement from Russian officials for 'due impartiality', especially when generalised to a 'notorious brutality' in the entire Russian military as the BBC reporter does. This is not provided.
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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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