#25 Archived Message
Posted by Ian M on July 31, 2022, 11:43 pm, in reply to "Project: to find 29 examples of the BBC failing 'due impartiality' in Ukraine reporting"
#25: Odesa shopping centre hit by Russian missiles, Ukraine says, May 10th:
Newsreader: 'Authorities in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa say aircraft dropped seven missiles on a shopping centre and a warehouse on monday evening. The city streets were empty because of a curfew. One person is believed to have died and five others injured and taken to hospital. Officials say the missiles used were Soviet style which caused extensive fires. Well, let's cross live now to our correspondent Joe Inwood who is in Lviv, and Joe, what more do we know about that particular attack?' Reporter Joe Inwood: 'Well, it happened at about 10.30 yesterday evening and it completely destroyed, we understand, the back half of a big shopping center and a warehouse with finished goods in as well. Luckily, as you mentioned, luckily it happened about 10.30 at night, so in the evening when the curfew was in place, and that's why, we understand, there was only one person killed and five wounded. If it had hit a busy shopping center in the middle of the day, well if you've seen the pictures, the smoldering rubble with firemen walking through, it could have been far, far worse, I'm sure.' Newsreader: 'Joe, bring us up to date about another aspect of what's been going on in Ukraine, because of course as the fighting and the attacks continue the people in many areas of the country continue to suffer. In particular we've been hearing about food shortages being acute in so many areas in the country.' Joe Inwood: 'Yeah, absolutely, I mean there's, but I think in terms of food shortages there was quite an interesting kind of set of developments yesterday, not regarding food shortages inside the country, but outside the country. Now Ukraine is a huge exporter of grains, of wheat, of maize, of corn, and all of that usually is exported via the sea via Odessa, where we're hearing about those missile strikes. And what we saw yesterday was Charles Michel from the European Council was coming looking at some of those warehouses which, we understand, are full of grains - are full of food produce that is ready to be exported but can't be because of the Russian sea blockade. Now, Russian ships are stopping anything coming into or out of Odessa and there's a real concern, I think, and this is something that David Beasley from the World Food Program has talked about as well, there's a real concern that that food is not going to be able to get out. It may even rot in warehouses, the next year's harvest might not be able to be stored anywhere because lots and lots of countries especially in the developing world, in East Africa, somewhere I've worked extensively, they were heavily reliant on grain that comes from Ukraine. And if it isn't coming out those places are going to suffer real either food shortages, rising prices or both.' ***** No comment from Russian officials about the missile strike or the alleged blockade of grain in Odessa. Interesting style of reporting the former in how bad it could have been for civilians if done at a different time of day - perhaps that was why the Russians chose that time to carry out the strike? No indication that there could have been any military objective other than to wantonly destroy civilian infrastructure. With the grain story, as ever the fact that the Ukrainian military mined the port of Odessa, thus making shipments impossible regardless of any Russian blockade, goes unmentioned.
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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
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- #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
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- #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
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