Thread by @NeilPHauer, BBC devotes almost the entirety of its front-page Karabakh conflict report to [...]

Neil Hauer

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BBC devotes almost the entirety of its front-page Karabakh conflict report to the single strike on Ganja today. Meanwhile, Stepanakert shelled nearly continuously for the last 48 hours. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54407436">https://www.bbc.com/news/worl...

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Major cities hit as heavy fighting continues

Both Azerbaijan's second city and the capital of the breakaway region come under heavy fire.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54407436

Al Jazeera& #39;s top headline for the conflict: "Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan says civilian killed in Ganja." More than halfway through the piece, you hear about Stepanakert shelling. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/4/nagorno-karabakh-sides-exchange-fire-on-multiple-fronts">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia, Azerbaijan report new attacks

Armenian officials say Azerbaijani forces shelled Stepanakert; Azerbaijan says Ganja was ‘under fire’.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/4/nagorno-karabakh-sides-exchange-fire-on-multiple-fronts

Yes, Ganja was fired upon by Armenian/Karabakhti forces today. Yes, it seems a civilian died. But good God, the picture painted by these two pieces, that & #39;oh and by the way Stepanakert was hit,& #39; is completely divorced from reality.

Since we& #39;re talking about BBC, I also spoke to them today - listen here at 49:10 for my remarks https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172x2yx9fd8hvn">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/pl...

Newshour - Fighting escalates between Armenia and Azerbaijan - BBC Sounds

Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of shelling its second-biggest city

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172x2yx9fd8hvn

There are few journalists who have been able to make it into Stepanakert - we& #39;ve been kept out past three days owing to how intense the shelling is. But you can look at the footage from @sashakots and & #39;WarGonzo& #39; on Telegram or @IgorZhdanovRT here to see what it& #39;s like. Unceasing.

Here& #39;s a sample, a fairly unspectacular strike by today& #39;s standards, of cluster munitions raining down on a random neighbourhood:

I& #39;m noticing quite a bit of traction on these tweets - which is great. But very little of it so far has been from Western media and observers. This is not some bias. This is an objective telling of what& #39;s going on in Karabakh today, and the framing in these pieces ia terrible.

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