Why BBC doesn't call Hamas militants 'terrorists' – John Simpson

> so it's not as though we're hiding the truth in any way - far from it

It is just like the BBC to assume that most of its readers are idiots who will swallow anything they say hook, line and sinker. You can shape public opinion about events and people without active lies by deciding the "facts" that will be revealed and the ones that won't: lies of omission vs lies of commission.

> The key point is that we don't say it in our voice. Our business is to present our audiences with the facts, and let them make up their own minds.

In a similar vein, I would like to present the fact that the BBC is known as the "Bullshit Broadcasting Corporation" in many circles.

Here's a recent article on the NewsClick Chinese Propaganda arrests[1] that is full of half-truths where the BBC uses various adjectives (its "own voice") for people involved in the events that only shows the side it has already decided upon.

[1] NewsClick: India police arrest journalists over China funding claims (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66909370)

A brave stance which will I am sure continue to get vituperation from "both sides"