04-11-2024, 09:30 AM
The letter sent to BBC Director General Tim Davie was signed by more than 230 members of the media industry, including 101 anonymous BBC staff, journalists from other media organisations as well as historians, actors, academics and politicians, according to a report that was first published Friday by The Independent newspaper.
It criticised the news outlet for failing its editorial standards by lacking “consistently fair and accurate evidence-based journalism in its coverage of Gaza.”
It also urged the BBC to report “without fear or favour” and to “recommit to the highest editorial standards — with emphasis on fairness, accuracy, and due impartiality.”
Other signatories on the list include the historian William Dalrymple, Catherine Happer, a senior lecturer in sociology and director of media at the University of Glasgow, Rizwana Hamid, director at the Centre for Media Monitoring, and broadcaster John Nicolson, according to The Independent.
The BBC denied the claims, insisting it “strives to live up to our responsibility to deliver the most trusted and impartial news.”
https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/202...age/155685
It criticised the news outlet for failing its editorial standards by lacking “consistently fair and accurate evidence-based journalism in its coverage of Gaza.”
It also urged the BBC to report “without fear or favour” and to “recommit to the highest editorial standards — with emphasis on fairness, accuracy, and due impartiality.”
Other signatories on the list include the historian William Dalrymple, Catherine Happer, a senior lecturer in sociology and director of media at the University of Glasgow, Rizwana Hamid, director at the Centre for Media Monitoring, and broadcaster John Nicolson, according to The Independent.
The BBC denied the claims, insisting it “strives to live up to our responsibility to deliver the most trusted and impartial news.”
https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/202...age/155685