The Telegraph reports that Raffi Berg, the BBC's online Middle East editor, is threatening to sue Owen Jones, after Jones' recent investigation revealed that there was near-revolt at the BBC over Berg's editorial interference.
https://x.com/Jonathan_K_Cook/status/1879334918473302230
The Telegraph reports that Raffi Berg, the BBC's online Middle East editor, is threatening to sue Owen Jones, after Jones' recent investigation revealed that there was near-revolt at the BBC over Berg's editorial interference.
Many staff there accused Berg of skewing the BBC's coverage, especially of the Gaza genocide, to present Israel in the best light possible.
Berg counts a top Mossad agent as “a close friend” and, like some starstruck teenager, has a framed photograph of Benjamin Netanyahu on his office wall.
Which alone ought to preclude him from overseeing the BBC's Middle East coverage, given that the corporation would never give that post to an equivalent Arab journalist – one who publicly counted a Palestinian militant as a close friend and had a framed photo of the late Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh on his wall.
However, the BBC has stood solidly behind Berg and its chief executive of news, Deborah Turness, who was also heavily criticised by staff for exhibiting strong bias towards Israel.
Here is piece of advice for Berg about his threatened defamation suit, though I guess he may not be interested in my opinion.
If his goal is to rebut accusations that he's been shilling for Israel at the BBC, is it really a good look to instruct – according to the Telegraph report – Mark Lewis as his lawyer? Lewis is a fanatical supporter of Israel who loves the country so much he moved there from the UK. He is the former director of UK Lawyers for Israel and has long taken on cases to protect Israel's image from critics.
Berg's hiring of Lewis would risk making his critics case for them, would it not?
Article in next post.
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