Government ministers, newspaper columnists, ordinary people – they’re all asking why the BBC doesn’t say the Hamas gunmen who carried out appalling atrocities in southern Israel are terrorists.The answer goes right back to the BBC’s founding principles.Terrorism is a loaded word, which people use about an outfit they disapprove of morally. It’s simply not the BBC’s job to tell people who to support and who to condemn – who are the good guys and who are the bad guys.
Origen: Why BBC doesn’t call Hamas militants ‘terrorists’ – John Simpson – BBC News
