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It's worth noting the BBC has also been accused of an anti-Israel bias including but not limited to airing a documentary produced by a Hamas linked individuals[

by epja 1y ago

It's worth noting the BBC has also been accused of an anti-Israel bias including but not limited to airing a documentary produced by a Hamas linked individuals[1]. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07zz5937llo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07zz5937llo

wzdd 1y ago
The article mentions this.
- gruez 1y ago
  Where?
  - deleted 1y ago
    [deleted]
- epja 1y ago
  Apologies for the oversight. However I feel the author's phrasing "hysterical pro-Israel campaign" to downplay their concerns is telling.
  - selcuka 1y ago
    Well, we should accept that it was a bit hysterical. "Terror chief's son" [1]? Really? Apparently he's the deputy minister of agriculture. Ministers, bureaucrats and civil servants in Gaza are appointed by Hamas [2] [1] https://www.gbnews.com/news/bbc-hamas-propaganda-documentary-chief-son-ordinary-palestinians https://www.gbnews.com/news/bbc-hamas-propaganda-documentary... [2] https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-palestinian-child-centre-documentary-row-holds-bbc-responsible-fate https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-palestinian-chi...
tareqak 1y ago
From the article > The only other BBC documentary which focused on the apocalyptic plight of the Palestinian people in Gaza was taken down as a result of a hysterical pro-Israel campaign - because the father of the child narrator’s son had a junior technocratic position in the Hamas administration. Irrelevant, given the narrator’s words were written for him by the documentary producers.
- siegecraft 1y ago
  > the father of the child narrator’s son this was confusing but I think it's supposed to just be "father of the child narrator." Also kind of weird they (the original parent link, it is in the bbc article) didn't name the documentary (maybe it's common knowledge to their audience?).
  - eddythompson80 1y ago
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- physicsguy 1y ago
  The kid was the son of Ayman Alyazouri, who yes is a Hamas minor official, but the thing was that the documentary makers knew that and hid it from the BBC who commissioned the documentary by pretending he had a different surname. The documentary showed the boy's "father" but it was actually his uncle. The kid's grandad, Ibrahim al-Yazouri, was one of the founding members of Hamas. They translated the documentary's participants use of the word Yehud i.e. Jew into 'Israeli'. One of the cameramen Amjad Al Fayoumi (who effectively directed it, since the 'directors' were based in the UK) had posted on Facebook support about the 7th October terrorist attacks that kicked all of this off. The problem is that the BBC and other media producers need to be squeaky clean when doing reporting on this, on both sides. It's not even like this was a quick news broadcast where accuracy needed to be checked, it was commissioned well in advance, they followed the boy around for months.
YZF 1y ago
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- tareqak 1y ago
  The second paragraph from your link says the calls were to the “IDF”.
- forgotoldacc 1y ago
  Wasn't it calling for death to a military force leading a campaign of total war, and not a death call against Israelis in general? Like nobody would say "death to the Khmer Rouge" is a death call against Cambodians. It technically would be, since it was Cambodians in the Khmer Rouge who were killing innocent children, but it's a specific subset of Cambodians (the Khmer Rouge) and only those who were actually doing the killing.
  - troad 1y ago
    Yes, the coverage of this has been a weird one to watch. How does this remark differ from what the Israeli government regularly says about the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, just as much an official body in Iran as the IDF is in Israel? No one, to my knowledge, would consider calling for the demise of the IRGC to be hate speech against Iranians. No one has ever shut off a live transmission of a Netanyahu speech because he advocated for violence against the IRGC. (Not defending the IRGC here, they are ghouls. Just noting the intellectual dishonesty.)
    - jakelazaroff 1y ago
      They also regularly say there are no innocent Palestinians [1] [2] [3] [too many others to count] but weirdly it's not considered evidence of genocidal intent when Zionists say it! [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/israel-posts-video-saying-are-no-innocent-civilians-gaza-rcna157111 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/israel-posts-video... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eICdhG1qgI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eICdhG1qgI [3] https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/poll-overwhelming-majority-of-jewish-israelis-share-genocidal-belief-there-are-no-innocent-people-in-gaza/ https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/poll-overwhelming-majority-of...
stateofinquiry 1y ago
The fact that they have the same complaint from both "sides" suggests to me that they are doing a good job providing balanced coverage.
- GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
  That, or they’re doing a bad job and excusing it as balance.
- garbagewoman 1y ago
  It certainly convinced you anyway
  - stateofinquiry 1y ago
    True! Apparently I am not alone, either, at least for a US audience. Here are some data. https://www.allsides.com/blog/bias-killing-news-trust https://www.allsides.com/blog/bias-killing-news-trust Cheers!
- Paradigma11 1y ago
  In todays times, both sides will always complain anyway.

by epja 1y ago

wzdd 1y ago

The article mentions this.

gruez 1y ago
Where?
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]
epja 1y ago
Apologies for the oversight. However I feel the author's phrasing "hysterical pro-Israel campaign" to downplay their concerns is telling.
- selcuka 1y ago
  Well, we should accept that it was a bit hysterical. "Terror chief's son" [1]? Really? Apparently he's the deputy minister of agriculture. Ministers, bureaucrats and civil servants in Gaza are appointed by Hamas [2] [1] https://www.gbnews.com/news/bbc-hamas-propaganda-documentary-chief-son-ordinary-palestinians https://www.gbnews.com/news/bbc-hamas-propaganda-documentary... [2] https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-palestinian-child-centre-documentary-row-holds-bbc-responsible-fate https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-palestinian-chi...

tareqak 1y ago

From the article > The only other BBC documentary which focused on the apocalyptic plight of the Palestinian people in Gaza was taken down as a result of a hysterical pro-Israel campaign - because the father of the child narrator’s son had a junior technocratic position in the Hamas administration. Irrelevant, given the narrator’s words were written for him by the documentary producers.

siegecraft 1y ago
> the father of the child narrator’s son this was confusing but I think it's supposed to just be "father of the child narrator." Also kind of weird they (the original parent link, it is in the bbc article) didn't name the documentary (maybe it's common knowledge to their audience?).
- eddythompson80 1y ago
  [flagged]
physicsguy 1y ago
The kid was the son of Ayman Alyazouri, who yes is a Hamas minor official, but the thing was that the documentary makers knew that and hid it from the BBC who commissioned the documentary by pretending he had a different surname. The documentary showed the boy's "father" but it was actually his uncle. The kid's grandad, Ibrahim al-Yazouri, was one of the founding members of Hamas. They translated the documentary's participants use of the word Yehud i.e. Jew into 'Israeli'. One of the cameramen Amjad Al Fayoumi (who effectively directed it, since the 'directors' were based in the UK) had posted on Facebook support about the 7th October terrorist attacks that kicked all of this off. The problem is that the BBC and other media producers need to be squeaky clean when doing reporting on this, on both sides. It's not even like this was a quick news broadcast where accuracy needed to be checked, it was commissioned well in advance, they followed the boy around for months.

YZF 1y ago

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tareqak 1y ago
The second paragraph from your link says the calls were to the “IDF”.
forgotoldacc 1y ago
Wasn't it calling for death to a military force leading a campaign of total war, and not a death call against Israelis in general? Like nobody would say "death to the Khmer Rouge" is a death call against Cambodians. It technically would be, since it was Cambodians in the Khmer Rouge who were killing innocent children, but it's a specific subset of Cambodians (the Khmer Rouge) and only those who were actually doing the killing.
- troad 1y ago
  Yes, the coverage of this has been a weird one to watch. How does this remark differ from what the Israeli government regularly says about the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, just as much an official body in Iran as the IDF is in Israel? No one, to my knowledge, would consider calling for the demise of the IRGC to be hate speech against Iranians. No one has ever shut off a live transmission of a Netanyahu speech because he advocated for violence against the IRGC. (Not defending the IRGC here, they are ghouls. Just noting the intellectual dishonesty.)
  - jakelazaroff 1y ago
    They also regularly say there are no innocent Palestinians [1] [2] [3] [too many others to count] but weirdly it's not considered evidence of genocidal intent when Zionists say it! [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/israel-posts-video-saying-are-no-innocent-civilians-gaza-rcna157111 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/israel-posts-video... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eICdhG1qgI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eICdhG1qgI [3] https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/poll-overwhelming-majority-of-jewish-israelis-share-genocidal-belief-there-are-no-innocent-people-in-gaza/ https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/poll-overwhelming-majority-of...

stateofinquiry 1y ago

The fact that they have the same complaint from both "sides" suggests to me that they are doing a good job providing balanced coverage.

GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
That, or they’re doing a bad job and excusing it as balance.
garbagewoman 1y ago
It certainly convinced you anyway
- stateofinquiry 1y ago
  True! Apparently I am not alone, either, at least for a US audience. Here are some data. https://www.allsides.com/blog/bias-killing-news-trust https://www.allsides.com/blog/bias-killing-news-trust Cheers!
Paradigma11 1y ago
In todays times, both sides will always complain anyway.