THE BBC interviewed an Iranian lunatic this week. Nothing wrong with that. It is always interesting to hear what Iranian lunatics have to say.
Although it is often very familiar — an anti-Semitic diatribe against Israel . This one was no different. On the Today programme, Mohammad Marandi from the University of Tehran — probably in their prestigious Department of Bearded Islamist Nutters — told the audience how awful the Jews were.
Mo really got into his swing. He described Jews as “the chosen people” and that they practised “ethno- supremacism”. And that they thought they had “exceptional rights”.
Just to spice it up a little he described Gaza as a holocaust . The remarkable thing is that the BBC interviewer, Mishal Husain, failed totally to challenge these offensive absurdities. READ MORE ON ISRAEL She just let the grizzled old thug chunter on with his attack.
This interview enraged our Jewish community. The historian Simon Schama described it as “appallingly offensive” and “anti-Semitic abuse”. The historian Simon Sebag Montefiore said it was “lies, libels and conspiracy theories”.
Most read in The Sun The only surprise is that people were surprised, really. Since the Hamas savages launched their murderous assault on young Israelis a year ago, the BBC has been guilty of unrelenting, systematic bias. Don’t take my word for it.
Check out an independent report compiled by two people who used to work at the BBC — Danny Cohen and the ex- govern.
