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BBC Boss Tim Davie Tells Staff Not To Fight With Their Families Over Gaza Output


BBC boss Tim Davie has urged staff not to fight with loved ones if they encounter hostility about the broadcaster's coverage of the war in Gaza.

EXCLUSIVE: BBC boss Tim Davie has urged staff not to fight with loved ones if they encounter hostility about the British broadcaster’s coverage of the war in Gaza. Speaking during an “ask me anything” all-staff meeting earlier this month, Davie sympathized with colleagues over the fraught nature of covering the Israel-Hamas conflict, per audio from the event heard by Deadline. “I find myself unable to defend a great deal of the reporting I see and that is an uncomfortable and depressing position to be in while watching a genocide unfold.

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