The BBC’s Arabic news channel “minimised Israeli suffering” in the war against Gaza in order to "paint Israel as the aggressor", according to a leaked internal report. Claims and allegations against Israel were said to have been "raced to air" without appropriate checks, while BBC Arabic gave more time to statements from Hamas.
The memo also says the channel had "a desire always to believe the worst about Israel", while giving "unjustifiable weight" to Hamas' claims about the death toll in Gaza. Speaking with the Telegraph, the former director of BBC Television, Danny Cohen, said the BBC was “not safe” in the hands of its current managers, who should “hang their heads in shame and resign”.
"Having made such serious and misleading journalistic errors, BBC executives chose to hide them from the public rather than correct the record," he detailed. “Protecting the BBC’s reputation came before the duties and principles enshrined in the BBC’s Charter obligations.
“That the BBC has helped to push Hamas lies around the world and fuelled anti-Semitism at home cannot now be in doubt.” The revelations come as Michael Prescott, former Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee for the BBC, sent a scathing memo to all board members of the broadcaster, horrified by their lack of action over numerous instances of bias.
FULL REPORT AT: https://www.gbnews.com/news/bbc-hamas-lies-minimise-israeli-suffering-gaza-documentary
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