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Leaked Internal BBC Messages Reveal Staff In Open Revolt Over “Failing” Gaza Output


BBC employees grilled director-general Tim Davie about the UK broadcaster's Gaza output during an "ask me anything" town hall earlier this month.

EXCLUSIVE: BBC employees openly revolted about the UK national broadcaster’s Gaza coverage during an all-staff meeting earlier this month, per leaked messages seen by Deadline. The BBC announced last week that Doctors Under Attack would not move forward, with rights to the project being released back to Basement Films, the production company run by former Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear. On the same day, Ramita Navai, a journalist involved in Doctors Under Attack, went on Radio 4 and described Israel as “a rogue state that’s committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing, and mass-murdering Palestinians.” She said this was not an opinion, but a professional assessment based on her journalism.

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