9 h. ago Tim Davie insists he is still right person to lead BBC after series of scandals

Director general defends his performance after criticism from culture secretary over ‘catastrophic failures’Tim Davie has insisted he is still the right person to lead the BBC, after a succession of controversies that have led the culture secretary to accuse him of overseeing a “series of catastrophic failures”.Davie has been under the most intense pressure of his five-year tenure as director general after incidents including the livestreaming of Bob Vylan’s performance at the Glastonbury festival, as well as the broadcast of a Gaza documentary that breached the corporation’s editorial guidelines. Continue reading...

Science

29 h. ago Ofcom to investigate BBC over Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary

The BBC's Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary has been found to have breached the corporation's editorial guidelines on accuracy, Ofcom has said as it announced an investigation

Events

30 h. ago Ofcom to investigate after Gaza documentary breached BBC editorial guidelines

The regulator said it had examined the BBC report into Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone and would be investigating under its broadcasting code.

Events

32 h. ago BBC News executive says it ‘failed’ to ask right questions on Gaza documentary

It comes after a report looking into the documentary Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone found that it breached BBC editorial guidelines on accuracy.

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33 h. ago A review finds a BBC Gaza documentary breached editorial guidelines

A BBC documentary about children in Gaza has been criticized for breaching editorial guidelines on accuracy

Politics

35 h. ago BBC breached accuracy guidelines over Gaza documentary, review finds

However, inquiry into Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone says there were no other breaches, including impartialityA BBC documentary about children in Gaza breached the corporation’s editorial guidelines for accuracy by failing to disclose its child narrator was the son of a Hamas official, an internal review has found.However, the inquiry into the making of Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone found no other breaches of guidelines in its production, including impartiality. It found that no outside interests “inappropriately impacted on the programme”. Continue reading...

Politics

35 h. ago Gaza documentary breached BBC editorial guidelines of accuracy, review finds

Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone was pulled from BBC iPlayer in February.

Politics

35 h. ago BBC breached editorial guidelines on controversial Gaza documentary, corporation says

It failed to disclose that the narrator of the documentary was the son of a Hamas official

Politics

35 h. ago BBC boss apologises after corporation breaches it's own guidelines with Gaza documentary

The BBC breached its editorial guidelines on accuracy by failing to disclose that the narrator of a Gaza documentary was the son of a Hamas official. BBC Director-General Tim Davie has apologised and pledged the corporation would take action to prevent it happening again.

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59 h. ago Ofcom chief hits out at BBC 'own goals' over Gaza documentary and Glastonbury coverage saying corporation must 'get a grip'

Dame Melanie Dawes urged the corporation to 'get a grip quicker' as she warned blunders could 'start to erode public trust and confidence'.

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