One journalist who has worked closely with the BBC over Gaza reiterated the CfMM’s findings to Byline Times. They said that they were “shocked at just how explicitly partial the BBC editorial policy department and BBC management are on the issue of Israel – to say they are one-sided is an understatement.”
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"One journalist who has worked closely with the BBC over Gaza reiterated the CfMM’s findings to Byline Times. They said that they were “shocked at just how explicitly partial the BBC editorial policy department and BBC management are on the issue of Israel – to say they are one-sided is an understatement.”
“One BBC member of staff told us that UN sources cannot be trusted,” the journalist said. “Palestinian or any sources perceived to be Muslim are treated with suspicion, even when they are Western academics who happen to be Palestinian or Arab by heritage. There is a total lack of journalistic standards and ethics, especially when dealing with the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) – Israeli IDF propaganda statements are treated as statements of fact. Scripts are peppered with Israeli “right to replies” without any legal or ethical basis.”
The source – who asked to remain anonymous – told Byline Times that “BBC staff perpetuate Israeli untruths in scripts and meetings – and on a few occasions expressed surprise when we told them Israel had been found to be lying and so we could not use these Israeli statements as fact. Pro-Israel lobby groups and lobbyists are mentioned by name in editorial meetings, and we saw first-hand how the BBC’s journalism is led by its fear of these lobbyists.”
“The BBC has an aversion to any language that describes Israel’s actions as war crimes – even when this language is being used judiciously by respected experts. We were told not to use the word “ethnic cleansing” or “genocide” even when attributing these words to UN experts.”
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