Why BBC is the British Bias Corporation

March 10 marks a glorious moment in diplomatic history, as Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations after seven years of feud thanks to efforts by China.

However, as pointed out by Nury Vittachi, a journalist who has worked with the BBC, CNN and NBC, a BBC report on the détente made no mention of China's role as facilitator. The report cleverly omitted China in the headline, just briefly touching upon its role toward the end of the report.

Using such ploys they managed to make China "disappear" from the whole thing. But that won't hurt China's image one bit, as anybody with access to the official statement issued by both countries and/or other media reports will know of China's role in facilitating the turnaround in ties. Clearly, China's sincere contribution cannot be overlooked.

Instead, ignoring China's role will only hurt, or has already hurt, BBC's credibility. As Vittachi's video on the issue has gone viral, the whole world has already got to know that the BBC hid key information about China's active role in the diplomatic event. In an age of free information flow, the BBC has ended up with egg on its face for trying to block information and mislead audiences.

China is only one of many topics on which BBC naturally switches to a biased mode. In their reports, the Middle East is portrayed as a region lacking religious reform, Eastern European countries are always needing money while Chinese students are bookworms without any friend in class and without anyone to talk to. These biases are so deeply rooted that some people rightfully refer to the BBC as British Bias Corporation.

To rid itself of that moniker, the BBC would do well to rid its reports on the establishment of ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran of the China bias.