BBC Gaza Documentary Breached Accuracy Guidelines – Guido Fawkes

BBC Gaza Documentary Breached Accuracy Guidelines

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The BBC ‘s documentary ‘Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone’ – which was narrated by the son of a Hamas official – breached the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines on accuracy, according to a report by the BBC’s Director of Editorial Complaints and Reviews Peter Johnston. The report found £795 was paid for the narrator…

BBC Director-General Tim Davie says:

“Peter Johnston’s report identifies a significant failing in relation to accuracy in this documentary. I thank him for his thorough work and I am sorry for this failing. We will now take action on two fronts – fair, clear and appropriate actions to ensure proper accountability and the immediate implementation of steps to prevent such errors being repeated.”

The report said: “Regardless of how the significance or otherwise of the Narrator’s father’s position was judged, the audience should have been informed about this.” A bad day for the broadcaster..