Here's something we never expected to see — a mea culpa from the BBC about one of its documentaries. The program "Gaza: Life in a Warzone" was narrated by a young boy with connections to Hamas.
🔴 BREAKING:
— 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) February 27, 2025
The BBC actually takes responsibility and accepts that their Gaza documentary, whether intentional or not, was Hamas propaganda and will never be aires again.
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They've also removed the video from their website.
The BBC Press Office writes:
“BBC News has conducted an initial review on the programme “Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone”. Today the BBC Board was updated on that work. It has identified serious flaws in the making of this programme. Some of these were made by the production company, and some by the BBC; all of them are unacceptable. BBC News takes full responsibility for these and the impact that these have had on the Corporation’s reputation. We apologise for this.
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“One of the core questions is around the family connections of the young boy who is the narrator of the film. During the production process, the independent production company was asked in writing a number of times by the BBC, about any potential connections he and his family might have with Hamas. Since transmission, they have acknowledged that they knew that the boy’s father was a Deputy Agriculture Minister in the Hamas Government; they have also acknowledged that they never told the BBC this fact. It was then the BBC’s own failing that we did not uncover that fact and the documentary was aired.
Oops.
Only the first step. There needs to be naming, shaming and firings.
— Keith Mills (@KeithMillsD7) February 27, 2025
The Qatari money is drying up
— Majora (@Majewra) February 27, 2025
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“Paid the mother through the sister’s bank account.” That is an insane statement that the BBC had to make.
— Zach זק (@ZachLewis3187) February 27, 2025
Losing count of how many apologies the BBC have had to issue because of their blind faith in Hamas terrorists and clear anti-Israel bias.
— Clark_a 🎗️🇮🇱🇺🇸 (@clarkA418) February 27, 2025
Why is it so difficult for the BBC to understand that EVERYTHING coming out of Gaza is Hamas? It needs to be treated in the same way as North Korea.
— Nick Brown (@elbrun42) February 27, 2025
"The media is the enemy of the people," has been an axiom to Israelis for decades. It's about time this bottomless corruption is exposed.
— Rich Underhill 🇮🇱 (@AdonMadeon) February 27, 2025
I don't think it was a failure. They just thought they would get away with it.
— Paul Breen (@pbreen1) February 27, 2025
Sometimes, the lie is so big, that even the BBC cannot ignore it
— Igor Kaplun (@IggyKap) February 27, 2025
The cover up and shifting the blame to the production company will intensify. Nobody will be fired. They will look for their next chance to shit on Israel.
— Dr Brian of London 🇮🇱 (@brianoflondon) February 27, 2025
We don't see word of firings or any other consequences in the BBC's statement. It's pretty extraordinary that they published a statement at all.
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