I noted this fact here, but it bears emphasizing: the political and media elites are doing all they can to mislead you into thinking that the problem of jihad terror is not as large and urgent as it is. Even if the Munich killer turns out to be the deranged Breivikian of media fantasy, the fact that the BBC omitted mention of his Islamic name is suspicious in the extreme, and demonstrates that the media has an agenda far beyond simply reporting the facts.
“BBC Scrubs ‘Ali’ From Munich Killer’s Name On TV, In Articles, AND On Social Media,” by Raheem Kassam, Breitbart, July 23, 2016:
The BBC has unilaterally chosen not to report the Munich attacker’s full name, in what appears to be an attempt to scrub any Muslim or Islamic heritage link to its coverage of the incident.
Most sources at this point suggest that Ali David Sonboly – the Munich attacker who targeted children and killed nine yesterday – is not connected to radical Islam, but the BBC has gone to extraordinary lengths to try to keep any reference to his heritage out of its coverage, opting to name him only as “David Sonboly”.
Other news organisations including the Wall Street Journal, Independent, Daily Mail, and Sky News named the attacker as “Ali David Sonboly” or “David Ali Sonboly”. CNN even referred to him simply as “Ali Sonboly”.
But the BBC had different ideas, opting to refer to him in their online news coverage, national and international broadcast coverage, and on social media (above) as “David Sonboly”.
At 3pm UK time on Saturday, the BBC made reference to the killer as Ali Sonboly. Within one hour however, the BBC had changed its references to the now dead culprit to “David Sonboly”. At 6:31pm, the news bulletin on the BBC News Channel referred to him as “David Sonboly” though at 6:32pm their correspondent in Germany referred to him as “David Ali Sonboly”.
The BBC’s online coverage says, at the time of publication [emphasis added]:
The 18-year-old gunman who killed nine people in Munich was obsessed with mass shootings but had no known links to the Islamic State group, German police say.
Written material on such attacks was found in his room. Munich’s police chief spoke of links to the massacre by Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik.
The gunman, who had dual German-Iranian nationality, later killed himself.
His name has not been officially released but he is being named locally as David Sonboly.
He had a 9mm Glock pistol and 300 bullets in his rucksack.
Breitbart London has reached out to the BBC for comment, and has asked who took the decision to scrub the name “Ali” from the attacker’s name across all its platforms. We have not yet received a response….
Damo says
gravenimage says
Yes–I just saw that. This Jihadist thug murdered a pregnant woman. And he is an *asylu seeker*.
“Germany: Muslim migrant murders pregnant woman with machete”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/07/germany-muslim-migrant-murders-pregnant-woman-with-machete/comment-page-1#comment-1487195
R Cole says
They first thought the woman was his wife! It was a Polish woman! A complete stranger.
One word:-
TRUMP!!
VampireJack says
It’s been reported in the UK that they were known to each other, that it was a “domestic” incident.
So to me it sounds like she was pregnant with his kid, and with her being a kuffar woman (and outside of marriage, of course!) she has obviously brought shame on his family. So what to do?
nicu says
WTF – in the end they will tell us he was Jewish and killed Muslim kids !
CogitoErgoSum says
One news report that I saw said he was a Christian convert. Yeah, a Christian convert who liked to shout “Allahu Akbar” as he murdered people.
Aardvark says
Al BBCeera are now referring to him as a German. No mention of his Iranian origins. And definitely no mention of Islam…
DustyFae says
Of course they would.. Obama will not want Islam and sharia blame, he wants to protect these.. Obama is a Treasonous person and need to be removed from all offices . Time for the other nations to wake up– they better find out that Obama can not be trusted.
Damo says
Koran verses in reverse:
“Muslims are the vilest of animals…”.
“Show mercy to one another, but be ruthless with Muslims”.
“How perverse are Muslims”.
“Strike off the heads of Muslims, as well as their fingertips”.
“Fight those Muslims who are near to you”.
“Muslim mischief makers should be exiled or crucified”.
“Fight those who believe in Allah”.
Wonder if anyone has a problem with this. Bet they do, all the people who have no problem with the original verses. I have a problem with this, as I oppose all forms of violence and aggression, which is why I oppose the original verses.
Carmel says
” Never be a friend of a muslim , just pretend to be ,”
Champ says
I noted this fact here, but it bears emphasizing: the political and media elites are doing all they can to mislead you into thinking that the problem of jihad terror is not as large and urgent as it is. Even if the Munich killer turns out to be the deranged Breivikian of media fantasy, the fact that the BBC omitted mention of his Islamic name is suspicious in the extreme, and demonstrates that the media has an agenda far beyond simply reporting the facts.
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In particular, “the fact that the BBC omitted mention of his Islamic name is suspicious in the extreme, and demonstrates that the media has an agenda far beyond simply reporting the facts.”
Indeed!
This is so obvious and wrongheaded, and yet some people are falling for it! Why? Wow!
gravenimage says
BBC scrubs Munich killer’s Muslim name
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Yes–they much prefer to go with “David” than the obviously Muslim “Ali”.
What reputable news outlet would do this? Would they call any non-Muslim bad guy by their middle name?
Westman says
David is a biblical name, it sounds Christian.
Expat88 says
In Arabic they use Daud for David. So it still could be an Islamic name that was Westernized for living in Germany. The fact that he was using Ali David doesn’t mean anything other than what great assimilating he had done. /sarc off
R Cole says
Can’t keep up!!
There seems to be another attack in the Bavarian region!!
Described as a ‘deliberate’ explosive attack outside a wine bar – in the city of Ansbach.
One dead – believed to be bomber – and 11 injured.
Champ says
Can’t keep up!!
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No kidding, R Cole!
I’m just hearing about it on tv …
R Cole says
It’s being described as a suicide bomber now – possibly on the way to a music festival.
gravenimage says
Thee will be more and more of these cases–I knew this when Germany and the rest of Europe began letting in hordes of Muslim invaders.
Here’s this story:
“BREAKING: At least one dead after suspected suicide bomb attack at German wine bar”
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/692793/Ansbach-explosion-Nuremberg-Germany-Blast
And the target was a wine bar–any kind of alcohol is Haram in Islam. Free Infidels drinking wine “offends” pious Muslims, so they must be murdered. *Ugh*.
judith grayson says
it isn’t hordes of muslim invaders. it’s muslim hordes.
Nigel GFF says
“BBC has gone to extraordinary lengths…”
It’s their default setting, set by………who knows.
The new Ansbach outrage will knock this off the news completely! They, the BBC, rarely cross reference outrages.
Georg says
Still a bit confusing that he had a Turkish flag for his background photo on facebook and an Afghani accomoplice.
Either way the BBC can rot in hell.
Angemon says
The BBC, eh? Why am I not surprised?
WorkingClassPost says
Things are moving quickly, with this bombing in Ansbach now, which is very ominous but not much known except one dead so far.
Returning to this post, the European channels said earlier that German police had named murderer as David S. Wtf is that about?
As if we didn’t know.
citycat says
They have been a bit light with some stuff when it comes to religion for some time, i’ve noticed.
They don’t want the reaction, maybe.
I heard the Ali word. I was suprised because the BBC had not mentioned it till then, and had related it to the Breviek geyser.
Pinch of salt with all of it.
Gary says
Yes I noticed the media are just calling him David,. Now it turns out he had an Afghan accomplice as well…..a classic sign of a “far right wing” attack is having an Afghan accomplice……
Ali Bey says
BBC, British Broadcasting Circumlocution. Full definition of circumlocution: 2.- evasion in speech.
Lioness says
Being locally “known” as David does not mean it was his real name. I wonder if that was his name on official documents, or he just called himself that. David is a Hebrew name by origin (and not very common in Germany) therefore it is hard to believe that a muslim will be named so. Something is strange here.
willrodgers_2 says
ISIS wins when they terrorize the Press and make them afraid to tell the truth.