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100 BBC Insiders Pen Letter Accusing UK Broadcaster Of Being “PR For Israel”; Stars Like Miriam Margolyes, Charles Dance Sign
More than 100 BBC employees have written to director general Tim Davie to complain about the corporation becoming a mouthpiece for Israel.
The open letter (available below), which was signed by a further 300 media professionals including Miriam Margolyes, Charles Dance, and Mike Leigh, represents a deepening of the crisis engulfing the BBC over its coverage of the war in Gaza. It follows widespread revulsion over the BBC platforming Glastonbury Festival act Bob Vylan, a punk band who chanted “death to the IDF” on a live iPlayer stream. Addressed to Davie and the BBC board, the letter said content creators at the corporation have “experienced censorship in the name of impartiality.” It claimed some insiders had been “accused of having an agenda because they have posted news articles critical of the Israeli government on their social media.”
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