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Friday, July 4, 2025

BBC staff: we're forced to do pro-Israel PR.... A devastating letter signed by over 100 BBC journalists underlines one of the great scandals of our age- Owen Jones Jul 02, 2025

 Owen Jones

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Just the latest chapter in the biggest scandal of Western journalism of our time... 

BBC staff: we're forced to do pro-Israel PR

A devastating letter signed by over 100 BBC journalists underlines one of the great scandals of our age

Jul 02, 2025
 
This is a devastating intervention. More than a hundred BBC employees have written a letter to the director general, Tim Davie, complaining that the Corporation has become a mouthpiece for Israel.

It was also signed by 300 other journalists and media professionals: one of them was yours truly. The BBC employees, as you would expect, are all anonymous, because otherwise they would face grave consequences to their careers.

The letter says:

We’re writing to express our concerns over opaque editorial decisions and censorship at the BBC on the reporting of Israel/Palestine. We believe the refusal to broadcast the documentary ‘Gaza: Medics Under Fire’ is just one in a long line of agenda driven decisions. It demonstrates, once again, that the BBC is not reporting “without fear or favour” when it comes to Israel.

It goes on to note that the decision not to broadcast the investigation was taken by BBC management despite the content being signed off in accordance with BBC guidelines and editorial policy, which it says “Appears to be a political decision”, adding that the BBC response shows the organisation “is crippled by the fear of being perceived as critical of the Israeli government.”  ... READ MORE https://www.owenjones.news/p/bbc-staff-were-forced-to-do-pro-israel

  [AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES (or quotes) IN FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPOWER DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE & PEACE... and hopefully Palestine, or at least fair and just laws and policies

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