BBC Headline Changed Due to EAU Pressure

An alert member of European Americans United took the BBC to task for a misleading headline, wherein an Afghani Muslim convicted for stabbing a Rabbi was described as an ethnic (European) German:

Several hours later we received the following notification:

Thank you for your comments on the story below which have been noted.
The headline has now been altered to better reflect the story’s content:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7410180.stm

Thanks once again for your interest in the site.

Stephanie Holmes


‘German Convicted For Attacking Rabbi,’ changed to ‘Germany Jails Attacker of Rabbi.’

2008-05-20