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A big story in the UK at the moment is that the BBC has refused to broadcast an appeal in response to the ongoing humanitarian situation in Gaza. The BBC argues that if they broadcast the appeal it will lead to accusations of bias.
What’s been really interesting is the way that journalists in the BBC have subtly showed their distaste for managements decision which has left the Director General of the BBC, Mark Thompson, humiliated. A number of guests on BBC news programmes have used their airtime to read out the appeal, with little protest from the presenters interviewing them.
Best of all though was when Mark Thompson appeared on BBC breakfast this morning, a cut out of the appeal was cheekily beamed up onto on a screen at the same time that he was arguing why the BBC wouldn’t show the appeal! It was a beautiful moment.
Don’t worry Mark, after you leave the BBC you’re guaranteed a job in PR.
BBC & SKY News: The need to Marginalize the Palestinians!
"I am at a loss to understand this happening. While not being able to view the content of the ad at this time, I have heard and read reporting that running such appeals is a tradition at the BBC. It appears to be yet another marginalization of Palestinians as a people, as humans. If the ad was itself inflammatory, could it not be redone to wash any overt emotional appeal? Or has this whole issue now become so radioactive that we are asked to accept that Gazans should expect less from the West." (WPL)
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