During the Iraq war my heart sank each time Ms Doucete took the screen. She was based in Amman. Everyday her whining voice was matched by the whining from some representative of an NGO.
Everyday was the latest threat of famine & epidemic.
That never seemed to come to pass (even though Mr Freedland in today's Guardian chokes back his gloating whilst declaring that the anti-war crowd called everything correctly re Iraq).

Sorry posted above comment before seeing your piece on Freedland. Blood started boiling as soon as Ms Doucete's name mentioned!

Like Jack Straw, Ms. Doucete cannot tell the difference between a Chapter 6 (six) resolution and a Chapter 7 (Seven) resolution.
But then it is not the facts that count but the spin, ooops, sorry, the Translation!

What I want to know is a question of international law. The war criminals ("Palestinians") will face a Nuremberg-style tribunal eventually. My question is whether the journalists who enabled the Palestinians in their crimes be tried and executed as an accessory to genocide.
The difference that this will make is that while the acts of genocide committed by the war criminals are documented, I know of no clear database of war crimes committed by journalists. This will make it harder (though not impossible) to get them executed. Any help, please send to the e-mail address.

Lyse Doucette has driven me bonkers for years and I remember complaining about her to Alexander Something (can't remember his name), the correspondent for Singapore, at a party years ago. Even the way she pronounces her words, as though sucking a ripe, juicy plum with juice running down her chin, makes my blood curdle - as do her politics. Every time she came on the World Service, I was torn between leaping across the room to punch the Off button without once touching the floor, or, in the manner of a tongue poking away at a sore tooth, letting her stay on the air and cause me pain. Why this individual is supported by the absurd, fascist "licence fee" is beyond me. Abolish this feudal rubbish. You have to pay the government to receive television broadcasts on your own television set in your own home? Could Lysse Doucette get a job that wasn't subsidised by the state, I wonder?

I suspect the Palestinians are the ones who can teach Ms Doucete a thing or two about manipulation, they've been doing it so successfully since 1968. I could spit blood at at the thought of her feeling warm about helping the poor dear Palestinians on my licence-fee money though.

One day, hopefully, the BBC and its American cousin, National Public Radio aka National Palestine Radio, will no longer be government subsidized and will be held accountable by
the public.

Yeah, and Doucete was one BBC flack who really annoyed me during the Iraq war. We had her crap on the ABC, [another huge tax dollar sinkhole in Oz] relayed from the BCC overnight.

Shut 'em down I say.

A significant portion of NPRs funding comes from donations. If we can educate a larger portion of the American public about the true nature of this beast, maybe we can put a serious dent in it...

One CEO has already terminated significant donations to the NPR, publically citing the pro-Palestinian slant as the reason.

My most enduring memory of the behaviour of the BBC during Iraq II was the sight of Ms Doucete reporting the collapse of Saddam's statue from the safety of Amman. She looked liked she'd been sucking a vinegar soaked lemon and was clearly disappointed that more Americans and Iraqis hadn't been killed in order to provide her with ideological ammunition.

The classic moment was when she was interviewing an Iraqi exile. He was clearly pleased at what had just happened in his homeland and had a serious dig at her attitude as he could no longer take her incessant negativity and bitching.

Is there somewhere that we can send a complaint to? The media reporting during the fighting was appalling most of the time. The current reporting is no better, it is impossible to work out what the British troops are doing, or the state of affairs in the area under their control. The British media hardly mentions the British troops at all, is this because good news isn't news?

Its not just the BBC journalists who are spending our licence fees on supporting the 'destroy Israel' strategy. If you ring the duty officer on 08700 100222 to complain about this, the staff there will probably start arguing with you as well - using your call charges! At least we don't have to buy the Guardian or the Independent.

Law Student makes an interesting (to me) point. My understanding is that it is not only illegal to commit a crime, it is also illegal to CONSPIRE to commit a crime. Since all Muslims believe in the literal truth of a book which enjoins them to kill those who won't join them in Shari'a Law (...uh, not the Constitution of the United States), then why can they *and their proxies* not be arrested and tried. The term "advocating the unlawful overthrow of the government" was used in describing Communists some decades ago. Is it not true of all observant Muslims now?

Lyse should have her head shaved and be paraded through the streets.

I take it Ms Doucete attended this seminar in a private capacity, but her advice, if accurately conveyed, runs counter to what all BBC journalists are trained to do. Surely this amounts to bringing the Corporation into disrepute? Has she or the BBC commented on this report?

I have no shame in saying that the death of a Palestinian child is not evil. The Palis, from birth to death, are sick, psychotic, genocidal Nazis bent on killing every last Jew, proudly proclaiming their hate and celebrating it. They RAISE their kids to be genocidal killers. They are probably the sickest society ever created in human history, after the Nazis, and these Islamonazi animals are doing everything they can to climb into first place. It is a battle to the death. Us or them. It has to be them. This descent into moral depravity was their choice. And I will not lose one minute of sleep if Gaza or Damascus or Mecca or Aswan are hit with nuclear weapons, and if I see films of dead and suffering Arabs, my thought will be "You got what you f**king deserved." If that bothers your morally handicapped leftist mind, frankly I don't give a sh*t.

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