3 w. ago Performer launches Gaza flag protest on Royal Opera House stage

Performer launches Gaza flag protest on Royal Opera House stage  BBC

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3 w. ago Brits demand end to BBC licence fee over Masterchef, Glastonbury and Gaza scandals

Anger over the BBC comes in the wake of a series of significant controversies, including Bob Vylan's Glastonbury set, Gregg Wallace's MasterChef candal and an investigation into the coverage of Gaza

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3 w. ago Hamas politicians and its military wing are not the same, BBC News chief says

The BBC’s Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary was removed from iPlayer in February.

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4 w. ago Recent ‘tough period’ is not the real existential threat facing the BBC

Shifting media landscape and declining income from licence fee point to tough financial choices aheadAs understatement goes, Tim Davie appeared to have mastered it as he presented the BBC’s annual report. Questions poured in over whether he had ever considered his position as a succession of problems landed on his desk this year. In response, he acknowledged he and the BBC had faced a “tough period”.The failure to cut a Glastonbury livestream, missed opportunities to address the behaviour of former presenter Gregg Wallace and criticism over its handling of two Gaza documentaries have seen a huge amount of opprobrium heading the BBC’s way in recent weeks. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Nadiya Hussain claims she had ‘no definitive reason’ for BBC show’s cancellation

The 40-year-old claimed the corporation will ‘keep you till you’re of no use to them’ in an interview with the We Need To Talk podcast.

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4 w. ago Tim Davie says he can ‘lead’ the BBC in ‘right way’ in wake of scandals

The BBC has been criticised for a number of failings in recent months which included breaching its own accuracy guidelines and misconduct allegations.

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4 w. ago Why Gregg Wallace and John Torode's salaries are missing from BBC

The BBC has released its annual list of some of its stars' salaries today, however, MasterChef duo, Gregg Wallace and former co-host, John Torode's are not included

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4 w. ago BBC will not tolerate behaviour outlined in Wallace report, says chief

Director general Tim Davie was speaking as the corporation’s annual report was unveiled.

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4 w. ago The BBC has alienated everyone with its Gaza coverage. After this latest failure, who will be left to defend it? | Owen Jones

The decision to take Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone off iPlayer was not necessary – and has opened it up to further accusations of biasFor a genocide to occur, everything that people think is wrong has to first be turned on its head. There have been endless examples of this gruesome phenomenon in the past 21 months; Monday’s report on the BBC’s scrapped documentary about the plight of children in Gaza is just the latest instance.Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone was a rare example of the unbearable experiences of Palestinians being properly investigated by Britain’s public broadcaster. But within the media, this documentary has become a bigger scandal than the suffering of Palestinian children.Owen Jones is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Public faith in BBC 'called into question by recent catastrophic failure' says Lisa Nandy — as annual report set to be released

Annual report to come out amid storm over Gregg Wallace, Glastonbury Festival coverage and the Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary

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4 w. ago Focus on Gregg Wallace, Glastonbury and Gaza as BBC releases annual report

It comes after Ofcom announced it would investigate the BBC’s Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary.

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4 w. ago What are the BBC's censorship rules? Gaza documentary breaches guidelines

The BBC has to abide by strict rules to public content, but what are they?

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4 w. 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

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4 w. 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.

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4 w. ago Ofcom launches probe into whether BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official's son misled audience

The watchdog has started a formal investigation into the corporation's programme , Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone.

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4 w. 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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4 w. 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

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4 w. 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...

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4 w. ago BBC broke editorial guidelines after failing to disclose Gaza show narrator was Hamas official's son, report costing £100k finds

An independent review commissioned by the corporation found that Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone breached editorial guideline 3.3.17 on accuracy

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4 w. ago Gaza documentary breached BBC editorial guidelines of accuracy, review finds

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

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