Bbc Faces Questions Over Gaza Film's Hamas Link

[naomi24]

//The culture secretary has said she will raise concerns with BBC bosses about a documentary on Gaza that was narrated by the son of a Hamas official.

The broadcaster has been criticised for Gaza: How To Survive A War Zone, which centred on a 13-year-old boy who is the son of Hamas's deputy minister of agriculture.

Lisa Nandy said she would discuss the matter with the BBC's director general and chairman, "particularly around the way in which they sourced the people who were featured in the programme".

The BBC said it had not been informed of the family connection in advance by the film's production company, and has apologised "for the omission of that detail".

The BBC has added a message to the start of the programme on its iPlayer streaming service, making clear the family link, and saying the production team had "full editorial control".//

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wpk5re5e1o

 

This programme has clearly not been made from an impartial viewpoint.   Should the BBC take it down?

[Untitled]

the october 7th documentaries are not told from an impartial viewpoint either. i don't see any problem with showing how the other side sees things.

[ToraToraTora]

14:18 well I'll go to the foot of our stairs!

[Untitled]

i'm not sure what that means

[naomi24]

untitled, What can be impartial about 7 October?  There aren't two sides to that.

[Untitled]

there were two sides to october 7th just as there are two sides to that war overall. i think israel's point of view has gotten plenty of airtime--why not show what the other side thinks?

[naomi24]

How?  No one disputes what happened in 7 October - or do they?

[ynnafymmi]

But there arent two sides Untitled,the Hamas terrorists attacked a peaceful music festival on 7th October 2023 precipitating a war.It seems as if you Hamas apologists think 07/10/2023 never happened.

[Untitled]

i'm not aware of anyone that disputes the facts... i.e. that hamas attacked civilians, killed some, abducted others. 

[naomi24]

Well there you are then.

[ToraToraTora]

untitled: "that hamas attacked civilians, killed some, abducted others. " - you make it sound so civilised me old china.

[Untitled]

the point is that israel's POV has been covered quite extensively. i don't see any reason why the palestinian one or even frankly the hamas one shouldn't be covered. i think it is important to hear how hamas sees and portrays things even if they are an enemy.

[Untitled]

does that sound civilised to you tora? it doesn't to me.

[ToraToraTora]

"killed some..." ....in the most horrific and tortuous ways, you glossed over that bit. You make it sound like a military action in your on going campaign to side with the terrorists.

[youngmafbog]

Good God.

And he wonders why I refuse to engage with him.

In answer to the OP, yes they should take it down.  I have little doubt some knew all along and they went along with it as it suits the BBC agenda.  Remember thye wouldnt refer to them as terrorist despite them being a proscribed group.

[naomi24]

Perhaps Hamas's point of view shoukd gr covered, untitled.  If nothing else many of those naive but eager flag waving marchers would at least be given the opportunity to understand what they're really supporting.

[Untitled]

hang on toratoratora... we have been getting on lately and i am quite fond of you so let's not spoil it. i do not support hamas. i have said so many times and i am happy to say so again.what i think is that something like october 7th was made inevitable by israel's treatment of the palestinians... that is a point of view that you may disagree with of course but it is not the same thing as endorsing or agreeing with hamas. 

the reason i used more detached language just now was because i wanted to describe october 7th in such a way that nobody could possibly dispute it factually without sounding like a lunatic... and i think i did that successfully. don't assume the worst about me right off the bat.

[ToraToraTora]

"what i think is that something like october 7th was made inevitable by israel's treatment of the palestinians.." - even if that is the case why all the horrors? 

[naomi24]

Untitled, I could understand it if you deemed an act of war inevitable, but what Hamas did wasn't simply an act of war - it was an act of obscene barbarity.  There can be no justification whatsoever for that.

[Peter Pedant]

How?  No one disputes what happened in 7 October - or do they?

or are we re writing the rules of free speech again ? 

The 13 y old's English was much better than even some Beeb correspondents. Sally Nabil's for instance, sounds like a female Gonzo from the Muppets ( or poss Mad Harry)

and wears a scarf  for the camera and western audiences. As TTT might say - "what message IS she trying to get across?"

I havent Heard our Sal ask " ow-you-say?" but I did hear "eet wozz orry-bool"

Many Egyptians speak English with an RP accent.

Beeb shd admit they done  whoopsie